When the verse "Competition for increase distracts you" [Takathur 102:1] was revealed, he recited it until he reached "You will surely be questioned that Day about the blessings" [Takathur 102:8].They said, "Messenger of Allah, about which blessings will we be questioned? We have only the two black things, water and dates, our swords are on our shoulders, and the enemy is right before us. So about which blessings will we be questioned?"He replied, "That will surely come."
لما نزلت: {ألهاكم التكاثر} فقرأها حتى بلغ {لتسلن يومئذ عن النعيم} قالوا: يا رسول الله، عن أي نعيم نسأل؟ وإنما هما الأسودان الماء والتمر، وسيوفنا على رقابنا، والعدو حاضر، فعن أي نعيم نسأل؟ قال: إن ذلك سيكون.
Ahmad (23640) narrated it from Yazid bin Harun, Ibn Abu Shayba (35486) from Muhammad bin Bishr, Hannad bin Sari in Zuhd (768) from Abdah bin Sulayman, and Bayhaqi in Shuab (4278) through the route of Abu Usama Hammad bin Salama, all four of them (Yazid, Muhammad bin Bishr, Abdah, and Abu Usama) from Muhammad bin Amr bin Alqama, from Safwan bin Salim, from Mahmud bin Labeed, who said, and then he related it.Its isnad is hasan because of Muhammad bin Amr bin Alqama, for he is hasan al-hadith. Both hadiths transmitted from Muhammad bin Amr bin Alqama are preserved, meaning the hadith of Zubayr bin Awwam and the hadith of Mahmud bin Labeed.