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Hadees 34 of 40Sahih Selections 3 — Character & SocietySahih

No Gift Better Than Patience (Sahih 34)

کسی کو صبر سے بہتر اور وسیع تر عطیہ نہیں دیا گیا۔

No one has been given a gift better and vaster than patience.

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Arabic

مَا أُعْطِيَ أَحَدٌ عَطَاءً خَيْرًا وَأَوْسَعَ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ


Transliteration

Ma u'tiya ahadun 'ata'an khayran wa awsa'a minas-sabr.


Meaning

No one has been given a gift better and vaster than patience. | Urdu: کسی کو صبر سے بہتر اور وسیع تر عطیہ نہیں دیا گیا۔


Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim


Lesson

Ask Allah for patience; it is the widest provision that carries you through every hardship.

Source & grade

Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim

Narrated by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri

SahihSahih Selections

From: Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim selections (plus Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasai, Ibn Majah where graded Hasan) • Hadees 34 of 40 • Verify wording with a teacher; rulings differ — consult scholars.

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What does "مَا أُعْطِيَ أَحَدٌ عَطَاءً خَيْرًا وَأَوْسَعَ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ" mean?

No one has been given a gift better and vaster than patience. Urdu: کسی کو صبر سے بہتر اور وسیع تر عطیہ نہیں دیا گیا۔

What is the lesson of this hadees?

Ask Allah for patience; it is the widest provision that carries you through every hardship.

Where is this hadees from?

Source: Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim (narrated by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri). Grade: Sahih. From: Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim selections (plus Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasai, Ibn Majah where graded Hasan). Learn wording from a teacher; consult scholars for rulings.

Part 3

Sahih Selections 3 — Character & Society

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28. Hospitality Is Three Days (Sahih 28)الضِّيَافَةُ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ29. Spread Salam for Love (Sahih 29)أَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ بَيْنَكُمْ30. Exchange Gifts, Love One Another (Hasan 30)تَهَادَوْا تَحَابُّوا31. Faith Has Seventy Branches (Sahih 31)الْإِيمَانُ بِضْعٌ وَسَبْعُونَ شُعْبَةً، أَعْلَاهَا قَوْلُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ32. Every Traitor Gets a Flag (Sahih 32)لِكُلِّ غَادِرٍ لِوَاءٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ33. Help Your Brother, Oppressor or Oppressed (Sahih 33)انْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا35. Amazing Is the Affair of the Believer (Sahih 35)عَجَبًا لِأَمْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ، إِنَّ أَمْرَهُ كُلَّهُ خَيْرٌ36. True Richness Is Richness of the Soul (Sahih 36)لَيْسَ الْغِنَى عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الْعَرَضِ، وَلَكِنَّ الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ37. Your Mother, Then Your Mother (Sahih 37)أُمُّكَ، أُمُّكَ، أُمُّكَ، ثُمَّ أَبُوكَ38. Caretaker of the Orphan in Paradise (Sahih 38)أَنَا وَكَافِلُ الْيَتِيمِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ هَكَذَا39. Allah Made Mercy One Hundred Parts (Sahih 39)جَعَلَ اللَّهُ الرَّحْمَةَ مِائَةَ جُزْءٍ40. A Span, a Cubit Nearness (Sahih 40)مَنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيَّ شِبْرًا تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذِرَاعًا

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