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Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi

As for the prophetic reports, most of them have already appeared in the two previous chapters; those that have not are as follows:

527 – On the authority of Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), the Prophet ﷺ said, “Wealth is not having a large amount of goods; real wealth is the richness of the soul.” Agreed upon.
Al-ʿaraḍ (with a fatḥah on both the ʿayn and the rāʾ) here means property or material possessions.

528 – ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “He has truly triumphed who has submitted to Islam, is provided with what suffices him, and whom Allah makes content with what He has given.” Reported by Muslim.

529 – Ḥakīm ibn Ḥizām (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for something and he gave it to me; I asked him again and he gave it to me; then he said, ‘O Ḥakīm, this wealth is green and sweet. Whoever takes it with magnanimity of soul will find blessing in it, whereas whoever takes it with grasping greed will find no blessing in it—he will be like one who eats yet is never satisfied. The upper hand is better than the lower hand.’
Ḥakīm continued: ‘O Messenger of Allah, by the One who sent you with the truth, I shall never again ask anyone for anything after you until I leave this world.’
Afterwards Abū Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) would summon Ḥakīm to give him his stipend, but he refused to accept anything. ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with him) later called him to give him his share, and he likewise refused. ʿUmar then said, ‘People of Islam, bear witness that I am offering Ḥakīm the portion Allah has allotted to him from this fayʾ, yet he declines to take it.’ Ḥakīm never accepted anything from anyone after the Prophet ﷺ until he passed away.” Agreed upon.
The verb yarzaʾu (with rāʾ, then zāy, then hamzah) means “to take anything from someone”; its root conveys the sense of reduction, i.e., he did not diminish anyone’s property by taking from it.
Ishrāf al-nafs denotes the soul’s longing and covetousness for a thing.
Sakhāwah al-nafs is the absence of that longing, covetousness, concern, or greed for it.

530 – Abū Burdah narrated from Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: “We set out with…"

وَأَمَّا الْأَحَادِيثُ ، فَتَقَدَّمَ مُعْظَمُهَا فِي الْبَابَيْنِ السَّابِقَيْنِ ، وَمِمَّا لَمْ يَتَقَدَّمْ : ٥٢٧ - عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ : « لَيْسَ الْغِنَى عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الْعَرَضِ ، وَلَكِنَّ الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ » . مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ . « الْعَرَضُ » بِفَتْحِ الْعَيْنِ وَالرَّاءِ : هُوَ الْمَالُ . ٥٢٨ - وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ : « قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ ، وَرُزِقَ كَفَافًا ، وَقَنَّعَهُ اللَّهُ بِمَا آتَاهُ » . رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ . ٥٢٩ - وَعَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ، ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : « يَا حَكِيمُ ، إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرٌ حُلْوٌ ، فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِسَخَاوَةِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ ، وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ ، وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ ، وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى » . قَالَ حَكِيمٌ : فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَا أَرْزَأُ أَحَدًا بَعْدَكَ شَيْئًا حَتَّى أُفَارِقَ الدُّنْيَا ، فَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَدْعُو حَكِيمًا لِيُعْطِيَهُ الْعَطَاءَ ، فَيَأْبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا ؛ ثُمَّ إِنَّ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ دَعَاهُ لِيُعْطِيَهُ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَهُ . فَقَالَ : يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ، أُشْهِدُكُمْ عَلَى حَكِيمٍ أَنِّي أَعْرِضُ عَلَيْهِ حَقَّهُ الَّذِي قَسَمَهُ اللَّهُ لَهُ فِي هَذَا الْفَيْءِ ، فَيَأْبَى أَنْ يَأْخُذَهُ . فَلَمْ يَرْزَأْ حَكِيمٌ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَ . مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ . « يَرْزَأُ » بِرَاءٍ ثُمَّ زَايٍ ثُمَّ هَمْزَةٍ ؛ أَيْ : لَمْ يَأْخُذْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ شَيْئًا ، وَأَصْلُ الرُّزْءِ : النُّقْصَانُ ، أَيْ : لَمْ يَنْقُصْ أَحَدًا شَيْئًا بِالْأَخْذِ مِنْهُ . وَ « إِشْرَافِ النَّفْسِ » : تَطَلُّعُهَا وَطَمَعُهَا بِالشَّيْءِ . وَ « سَخَاوَةُ النَّفْسِ » : هِيَ عَدَمُ الْإِشْرَافِ إِلَى الشَّيْءِ ، وَالطَّمَعِ فِيهِ ، وَالْمُبَالَاةِ بِهِ وَالشَّرَهِ . ٥٣٠ - وَعَنْ أَبِي بَرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ : خَرَجْنَا مَعَ