Tirmidhi Book 28, Hadith 2072
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَدُّوَيْهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ عِيسَى أَخِيهِ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ أَبِي مَعْبَدِ الْجُهَنِيِّ أَعُودُهُ وَبِهِ حُمْرَةٌ، فَقُلْنَا: أَلَا تُعَلِّقُ شَيْئًا، قَالَ: الْمَوْتُ أَقْرَبُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مَنْ تَعَلَّقَ شَيْئًا وُكِلَ إِلَيْهِ ، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى: وَحَدِيثُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ إِنَّمَا نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُكَيْمٍ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَكَانَ فِي زَمَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: كَتَبَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ،
'Eisa Ibn 'Abdur-Raman bin Abi Laila said: I entered upon 'Abdullah bin 'Ukaim Abu Mabad Al-Juhani to visit him, while he had Humrah. I said:'Why don't you hang something?' He said: 'Death is better than that. The Prophet (S.A.W) said: Whoever hangs something, he is entrusted to it.
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