حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَکِ عَنْ الْمُثَنَّی بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ خَصْلَتَانِ مَنْ کَانَتَا فِيهِ کَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ شَاکِرًا صَابِرًا وَمَنْ لَمْ تَکُونَا فِيهِ لَمْ يَکْتُبْهُ اللَّهُ شَاکِرًا وَلَا صَابِرًا مَنْ نَظَرَ فِي دِينِهِ إِلَی مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقَهُ فَاقْتَدَی بِهِ وَمَنْ نَظَرَ فِي دُنْيَاهُ إِلَی مَنْ هُوَ دُونَهُ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ عَلَی مَا فَضَّلَهُ بِهِ عَلَيْهِ کَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ شَاکِرًا صَابِرًا وَمَنْ نَظَرَ فِي دِينِهِ إِلَی مَنْ هُوَ دُونَهُ وَنَظَرَ فِي دُنْيَاهُ إِلَی مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقَهُ فَأَسِفَ عَلَی مَا فَاتَهُ مِنْهُ لَمْ يَکْتُبْهُ اللَّهُ شَاکِرًا وَلَا صَابِرًا
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 2512
Amr bin Shu'aib narrated from his grandfather 'Abdullah bin 'Amr, that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: There are two traits, whoever has them in him, Allah writes him down as grateful and patient. And whoever does not have them, Allah does not write him down as grateful, nor patient. Whoever looks to one above him for his religion, and follows him in it, and whoever looks to one who is below him in worldly matters, and praises Allah for the blessings He has favored the one who is above him with, then Allah writes him down as grateful and patient. And whoever looks to one who is below him for his religion, and looks to one who is above him for worldly matters, and grieves over what missed him of it, Allah does not write him down as grateful nor as patient. (Another chain reaching to) 'Amr bin Shu'aib, from his father, from his grandfather from the Prophet (s.a.w) with similar narration.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020