English Translation

Abdullah told us, saying: I found in my father's book, in his own handwriting, that he said: Abu Tawbah al-Rabi' ibn Nafi' wrote to me, and in his letter was: al-Haytham ibn Humayd told us, from Zayd ibn Waqid, from Sulayman ibn Musa, from Kathir ibn Murrah, from Yazid ibn al-Akhnas, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "There should be no rivalry among you except in two (things): a man to whom Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has given the Qur'an, and he stands with it through the hours of the night and the hours of the day, following what is in it, so that a man says, 'If only Allah, the Exalted, had given me what He gave so-and-so, I would do with it as he does'; and a man to whom Allah has given wealth, and he spends it and gives it in charity, so that a man says, 'If only Allah had given me what He gave so-and-so, I would give in charity as he does.'" Then a man said: "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think of bravery found in a man?" — and the rest of the hadith was lost.