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Jami at-Tirmidhi 3079 (Book 47, Hadith 131) #28728
Rewards of Patience and Perseverance

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) rewarding Mus'ab bin Sa'd with a sword after he asked for it, and how this was revealed in the Quran.

Narrated Mus'ab bin Sa'd: from his father who said: "On the Day of Badr I brought a sword so I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Indeed Allah has satisfied my breast (ie my desire) on the idolaters - or something like that - give me this sword'. So he said: 'This is not for me, nor is it for you'. I said: 'Perhaps he will give this to someone who did not go through some struggle I went through (fighting)'. So the Messenger of Allah came to me and he said: 'You asked me, but it was not up to me. But now it has occurred that it is up to me, so it is yours'." He said: "So (the following) was revealed: They ask you about the spoils of war (8:1)".
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ، عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ بَدْرٍ جِئْتُ بِسَيْفٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ شَفَى صَدْرِي مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ أَوْ نَحْوَ هَذَا هَبْ لِي هَذَا السَّيْفَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ هَذَا لَيْسَ لِي وَلاَ لَكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ عَسَى أَنْ يُعْطَى هَذَا مَنْ لاَ يُبْلِي بَلاَئِي فَجَاءَنِي الرَّسُولُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّكَ سَأَلْتَنِي وَلَيْسَ لِي وَقَدْ صَارَ لِي وَهُوَ لَكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ ‏:‏ ‏(‏ يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الأَنْفَالِ ‏)‏ الآيَةَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ أَيْضًا ‏.‏ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ

TOPICS
reward  *  patience  *  perseverance  *  struggle  *  war  *  jazaa  *  sabr

QUICK LESSONS:
Have patience and persevere in your efforts; strive hard towards achieving your goals; be content with whatever you receive from God as a reward; trust in God's timing.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) reward to Mus'ab bin Sa'd for his patience and perseverance. On the day of Badr, Mus'ab asked for a sword as a reward for his efforts in battle, but the Prophet said that it was not up to him. However, later on Allah revealed that it was indeed up to him and so he rewarded Mus’ab with the sword. This hadith teaches us that patience and perseverance are important values which will be rewarded by Allah if we strive hard enough. It also shows us how Allah rewards those who are patient even when they don't get what they want right away - sometimes we have to wait until Allah decides it is time for us to receive our reward.

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