...His Messenger. And whoever’s emigration was for worldly gain he might acquire or a woman he might marry, his emigration is for that which he emigrated.” (1)

4228 – Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and ‘Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us, both saying: Waki‘ narrated to us, al-A‘mash narrated to us, from Salim ibn Abi al-Ja‘d, from Abu Kabshah al-Anmari, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “The likeness of this ummah is like the likeness of four persons: a man whom Allah gave wealth and knowledge, so he acts upon his knowledge regarding his wealth, spending it in its rightful place; and a man whom Allah gave knowledge but did not give him wealth, so he says: ‘If I had what this man has, I would do with it what he does.’” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “So the two are equal in reward. And a man whom Allah gave wealth but did not give him knowledge, so he squanders his wealth, spending it in other than its rightful place; and a man whom Allah gave neither knowledge nor wealth, so he says: ‘If I had what this man has, I would do with it what he does.’” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “So the two are equal in burden of sin.” (2)

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(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic. It was also recorded by al-Bukhari (1), Muslim (1907), Abu Dawud (2201), al-Tirmidhi (1742), and al-Nasa’i 1/58, 6/158, and 7/13 via multiple paths from Yahya ibn Sa‘id, with this chain. It is also in *Musnad Ahmad* (168), *Sharh Mushkil al-Athar* (5107–5114), and *Sahih Ibn Hibban* (388) and (389).

(2) A good hadith due to its multiple paths, and this chain’s narrators are all trustworthy except that Salim did not hear from Abu Kabshah, according to what al-Hafiz said in *al-Nukat al-Ziraf* (12146). However, his explicit statement of hearing from Abu Kabshah occurs in Ahmad (18027), but it is not preserved, as al-Hafiz said. It will follow afterward with an intermediary mentioned between them. Waki‘ is Ibn al-Jarrah, and al-A‘mash is Sulayman ibn Mihran. It is also in *al-Zuhd* of Waki‘ (240), and via his path Ahmad recorded it (18024). =