Sunan Abi Dawud · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
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Chapter: Regarding exaltation being disliked in (worldly) matters.
2 hadith · references 4802–4803
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Hadith in this chapter
Abu Dawud · 4802كَانَتِ الْعَضْبَاءُ لَا تُسْبَقُ ، فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَلَى قَعُودٍ لَهُ ، فَسَابَقَهَا فَسَبَقَهَا الْأَعْرَابِيُّ ، فَكَأَنَّ ذَلِكَ شَقَّ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ Anas said: The she-camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Al-Adba had not been outstripped by another, but an Arabi (a nomadic Arab) came on a young riding camel of his and it outstripped it. That distressed the compan4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4803حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ بِهَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : إِنَّ حَقًّا عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ Narrating this story Anas reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying: it is Allah’s right that nothing should become exalted in the world but he lowers it.4 narrators