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When The Surface Of The Earth Is Better Than Its Belly, And When It Is Worse

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Darussalam · Volume 4

31. Chapters On Al-Fitan From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 114

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2266. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "When your leaders are the best of you, the richest are the most generous among you, and your affairs are consulted among you, then the surface of the earth is better for you than its belly. And when your leaders are the worst of you, the richest are the stingiest among you, and your affairs are referred to your women, then the belly of the earth is better for you than its surface." (Da'if) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Gharīb, we do not know of it except as a narration of Ṣāliḥ Al-Murri, and Ṣāliḥ Al-Murri has some Gharā'ib (oddities) in his narrations [which he is alone with], not being followed up in them (by anyone else) and he is a righteous man.

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٢٢٦٦ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَشْقَرُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ‌وَهَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا ‌صَالِحٌ الْمُرِّيُّ ، عَنْ ‌سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا كَانَ أُمَرَاؤُكُمْ خِيَارَكُمْ وَأَغْنِيَاؤُكُمْ سُمَحَاءَكُمْ» وَأُمُورُكُمْ شُورَى بَيْنَكُمْ فَظَهْرُ الْأَرْضِ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ بَطْنِهَا، وَإِذَا كَانَ أُمَرَاؤُكُمْ شِرَارَكُمْ وَأَغْنِيَاؤُكُمْ بُخَلَاءَكُمْ وَأُمُورُكُمْ إِلَى نِسَائِكُمْ فَبَطْنُ الْأَرْضِ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ ظَهْرِهَا. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ، لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ صَالِحٍ الْمُرِّيِّ، وَصَالِحٌ الْمُرِّيُّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ غَرَائِبُ يَنْفَرِدُ بِهَا لَا يُتَابَعُ عَلَيْهَا، وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ.

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