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Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Muslim women! Muslim women! A woman should not disdain her female neighbour's gift, even if it is only a sheep's hoof."

الأدب المفرد:١٢٣حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْمَقْبُرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا نِسَاءَ الْمُسْلِمَاتِ يَا نِسَاءَ الْمُسْلِمَاتِ لاَ تَحْقِرَنَّ جَارَةٌ لِجَارَتِهَا وَلَوْ فِرْسِنُ شَاةٍ

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bukhari:6017ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > al-Layth > Saʿīd > al-Maqburī from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ used to say, "O Muslim ladies! A neighbouress should not look down upon the present of her neighbouress even it were the hooves of a sheep."

البخاري:٦٠١٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ هُوَ الْمَقْبُرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَا نِسَاءَ الْمُسْلِمَاتِ لاَ تَحْقِرَنَّ جَارَةٌ لِجَارَتِهَا وَلَوْ فِرْسِنَ شَاةٍ

Do not belittle gifts from your neighbors, no matter how small

bukhari:2566ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Maqburī from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: “O Muslim women, let no neighbor look down upon a gift to her neighbor, even if it is a sheep’s hoof.”

البخاري:٢٥٦٦حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ {عَنْ أَبِيهِ} عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «يَا نِسَاءَ الْمُسْلِمَاتِ لاَ تَحْقِرَنَّ جَارَةٌ لِجَارَتِهَا وَلَوْ فِرْسِنَ شَاةٍ»

muslim:1030[Chain 1] Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > al-Layth b. Saʿd [Chain 2] Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd from his father > Abū Hurayrah

O Muslim women, none of you should consider even a sheep's trotter too insignificant to give to her neighbour.

مسلم:١٠٣٠حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ يَا نِسَاءَ الْمُسْلِمَاتِ لاَ تَحْقِرَنَّ جَارَةٌ لِجَارَتِهَا وَلَوْ فِرْسِنَ شَاةٍ