Darussalam · Volume 4
34. Chapters On Zuhd From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 2344 · Volume 5 · Page 344
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٤١٦٤)
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2344. 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "If you were to rely upon Allāh with the required reliance, then He would provide for you just as the bird is provided for, it goes out in the morning empty, and returns full." (Hasan) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ. We do not know of it except from this route. Abū Tamīm Al-Jaiṣhānī's (a narrator in the chain) name is 'Abdullāh bin Mālik.
٢٣٤٤ - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْكِنْدِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، عَنْ حَيْوَةَ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ، عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي تَمِيمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيِّ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَوَكَّلُونَ عَلَى اللهِ حَقَّ تَوَكُّلِهِ لَرُزِقْتُمْ كَمَا يُرْزَقُ الطَّيْرُ،» تَغْدُو خِمَاصًا وَتَرُوحُ بِطَانًا. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ، لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ. وَأَبُو تَمِيمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيُّ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَالِكٍ.
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The Hadīth affirms the fact that Tawakkal (reliance upon Allāh) does not mean sitting idle at home, but to engage in earning one's livelihood through lawful means, and then leave the result to Allāh. This is what the birds do. They go out of their nests in the morning in quest of food and pick it from wherever they possibly can and, at the approach of sunset, return to their nests with their bellies full of food. They do not sit in their nests waiting for their food and drink to drop from the heaven.