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ahmad:10257Surayj > Fulayḥ > Hilāl b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū ʿAmrah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "By Allah, I neither give you nor prevent you (from anything), but I am only a distributor placing (things) where I am commanded."  

أحمد:١٠٢٥٧حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجٌ حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِلَالُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَاللهِ مَا أُعْطِيكُمْ وَلَا أَمْنَعُكُمْ وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا قَاسِمٌ أَضَعُهُ حَيْثُ أُمِرْتُ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:3117Muḥammad b. Sinān > Fulayḥ > Hilāl > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū ʿAmrah > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Neither do I give you (anything) nor withhold (anything) from you, but I am just a distributor (i.e. Qasim), and I give as I am ordered."  

البخاري:٣١١٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِلاَلٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا أُعْطِيكُمْ وَلاَ أَمْنَعُكُمْ أَنَا قَاسِمٌ أَضَعُ حَيْثُ أُمِرْتُ