Salim narrated on the authority of his father (Ibn 'Umar) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Envy is not justified but in case of two persons only: one who, having been given (knowledge of) the Qur'an by Allah, recites it during the night and day (and also acts upon it) and a man who, having been given wealth by God, spends it during the night and the day (for the welfare of others. seeking the pleasure of the Lord).
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، - قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، - حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
لاَ حَسَدَ إِلاَّ فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ رَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ الْقُرْآنَ فَهُوَ يَقُومُ بِهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَآنَاءَ النَّهَارِ وَرَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ مَالاً فَهُوَ يُنْفِقُهُ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَآنَاءَ النَّهَارِ
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Isnad
9 transmitters- 1Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
- 2'Amr bin Muhammad bin Bukayr (al-Naqid)al-Baghdad,al-Raqqa · d. 232 AH
- 3Zuhayr bin HarbNisa'/Baghdad · d. 234 AH/848 CE
- 4Sufyan bin 'UyaynahKufa/Makkah · d. 196 AH
- 5Zuhayr bin Mua'wiya bin Hudayjal-Kufa,Bahrain · d. ~174 AH
- 6Sufyan bin 'UyaynahKufa/Makkah · d. 196 AH
- 7al-ZuhriMedinah/Syria · d. 124 AH/741 CE
- 8Salim bin 'Abdullah bin 'UmarMedina · d. ~106 AH
- 9ibn UmarMakkah/Medina · d. 74 AH/693 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 6, Hadith 322
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 4, Hadith 1777 (deprecated numbering scheme)