Hadith / Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba / 33:498
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 33:498
Book of Asceticism (Zuhd)
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Hadith 33:498
Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from Simak, from al-Nu’man ibn Bashir, who said: I heard him say: The likeness of the son of Adam and the likeness of death is like a man who had three friends. He said to one of them, "What do you have?" He replied, "I have your wealth; take from it what you wish, and what you do not take is not yours." Then he said to the second, "What do you have?" He replied, "I will stand by you, and when you die, I will bury you and leave you." Then he said to the third, "What do you have?" He replied, "I am with you wherever you are." He said: As for the first, it is his wealth; what he took is his, and what he did not take is not his. As for the second, it is his kin; when he dies, they stand by him, then they leave him. As for the third, it is his deeds; wherever he enters, it enters with him.
حدثنا أبو الأحوص عن سماك عن النعمان بن بشير قال سمعته يقول مثل بن آدم ومثل الموت مثل رجل كان له ثلاثة أخلاء فقال لأحدهم ما عندك فقال عندي مالك فخذ منه ما شئت وما لم تأخذ فليس لك ثم قال للآخر ما عندك قال أقوم عليك فاذا مت دفنتك وخليتك ثم قال للثالث ما عندك فقال أنا معك حيثما كنت قال فأما الأول فماله ما أخذ فله وما لم يأخذ فليس له وأما الثاني فعشيرته إذا مات قاموا عليه ثم خلوه وأما الثالث فعمله حيثما دخل دخل معه