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ahmad:12781Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh / al-Anṣārī > Ḥumayd > Anas

"When this Ayah was revealed: By no means shall you attain Al-Birr unless you spend of that which you love (3:92). Or, '...Who is he that will lend to Allah a goodly loan... (2:245)' Abu Talhah - who had a garden - said: 'O Messenger of Allah! My garden is for Allah, and if I was able to keep it secret I would not make it public.' So he said: 'Keep it for your relatives' or 'your close relatives.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2997)   

أحمد:١٢٧٨١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَعْنِي الْأَنْصَارِيَّ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّى تُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ} [آل عمران 92] أَوْ قَالَ {مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا} [البقرة 245] جَاءَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ حَائِطِي الَّذِي بِمَكَانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَلَوِ اسْتَطَعْتُ أَنْ أُسِرَّهُ لَمْ أُعْلِنْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اجْعَلْهُ فِي فُقَرَاءِ قَرَابَتِكَ أَوْ قَالَ فِي فُقَرَاءِ أَهْلِكَ  


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tirmidhi:2997Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Bakr al-Sahmī > Ḥumayd > Anas

"When this Ayah was revealed: By no means shall you attain Al-Birr unless you spend of that which you love (3:92). Or, '...Who is he that will lend to Allah a goodly loan... (2:245)' Abu Talhah - who had a garden - said: 'O Messenger of Allah! My garden is for Allah, and if I was able to keep it secret I would not make it public.' So he said: 'Keep it for your relatives' or 'your close relatives.'"  

الترمذي:٢٩٩٧حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ السَّهْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ ( لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّى تُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ ) أَوْ (مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا ) قَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ وَكَانَ لَهُ حِائِطٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَائِطِي لِلَّهِ وَلَوِ اسْتَطَعْتُ أَنْ أُسِرَّهُ لَمْ أُعْلِنْهُ فَقَالَ اجْعَلْهُ فِي قَرَابَتِكَ أَوْ أَقْرَبِيكَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ
ahmad:13767ʿAbdullāh b. Bakr > Ḥumayd > Anas

"When this Ayah was revealed: By no means shall you attain Al-Birr unless you spend of that which you love (3:92). Or, '...Who is he that will lend to Allah a goodly loan... (2:245)' Abu Talhah - who had a garden - said: 'O Messenger of Allah! My garden is for Allah, and if I was able to keep it secret I would not make it public.' So he said: 'Keep it for your relatives' or 'your close relatives.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2997)  

أحمد:١٣٧٦٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّى تُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ} [آل عمران 92] أَوْ {مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا} [البقرة 245] قَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ وَكَانَ لَهُ حَائِطٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ حَائِطِي لِلَّهِ وَلَوِ اسْتَطَعْتُ أَنْ أُسِرَّهُ لَمْ أُعْلِنْهُ فَقَالَ اجْعَلْهُ فِي قَرَابَتِكَ أَوْ أَقْرَبِيكَ  

ahmad:12144Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ḥumayd > Anas

"When this Ayah was revealed: By no means shall you attain Al-Birr unless you spend of that which you love (3:92). Or, '...Who is he that will lend to Allah a goodly loan... (2:245)' Abu Talhah - who had a garden - said: 'O Messenger of Allah! My garden is for Allah, and if I was able to keep it secret I would not make it public.' So he said: 'Keep it for your relatives' or 'your close relatives.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2997)   

أحمد:١٢١٤٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّى تُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ} [آل عمران 92] وَ {مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا} [البقرة 245] قَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ حَائِطِي الَّذِي بِمَكَانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَاللهِ لَوِ اسْتَطَعْتُ أَنْ أُسِرَّهَا لَمْ أُعْلِنْهَا فَقَالَ اجْعَلْهُ فِي فُقَرَاءِ أَهْلِكَ  

bayhaqi:12647Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Abū al-Faḍl ʿUbdūs b. al-Ḥusayn b. Manṣūr al-Simsār > Abū Ḥātim Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Ḥanẓalī al-Rāzī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī from my father from his uncle Thumāmah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] When this verse was revealed, "You will not attain righteousness until you spend from what you love" [Al-Imran 92] and "Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan" [Al-Baqarah 245], Abu Talha said, "O Messenger of Allah, my garden is here and there, it is for Allah, and if I wanted, I could keep it a secret." The Prophet said, "Make it for your poor relatives." He said, "So he made it for Hassan bin Thabit and Ubayy bin Ka'b."  

البيهقي:١٢٦٤٧أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنا أَبُو الْفَضْلِ عُبْدُوسُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ السِّمْسَارُ ثنا أَبُو حَاتِمٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَمِّهِ ثُمَامَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّى تُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ} [آل عمران 92] وَ {مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا} [البقرة 245] قَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ حَائِطِي بِكَذَا وَكَذَا هُوَ لِلَّهِ ﷻ وَلَوِ اسْتَطَعْتُ أَنْ أُسِرَّهُ لَمْ أُعْلِنْهُ قَالَ اجْعَلْهُ فِي فُقَرَاءِ أَهْلِكَ قَالَ فَجَعَلَهُ فِي حَسَّانَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ وَأُبِيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ