Question
Could you provide the source and authenticity of this Hadith?
I saw one site who claim that the Hadith is in Bukhari and another site says says Ahmad. But I haven’t found it in either place. Could you please verify?
On the authority of Abu Umamah who quotes the Prophet as saying: “My Rabb has offered me that He make the valley of Makkah gold for me, but I said: ‘No. I would rather have enough to eat one day and remain hungry one day. Thus, when I am hungry I would turn to You [in earnest supplication] and remember You and when I have my fill, I praise You and give thanks.”
Answer
This Hadith is not recorded in Sahih Bukhari nor have I come across it in Al Adabul Mufrad of Imam Bukhari (rahimahullah).
Imams Tirmidhi, Ahmad and other Muhaddithun have recorded this Hadith.
(Sunan Tirmidhi, Hadith: 2347, Musnad Ahmad, vol. 5 pg. 254)
See the authenticity here.
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar