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ahmad:24117Sufyān > Hishām > Abīhiʿan ʿĀʾishah > Hind

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, Abu Sufyan is a stingy man and I have nothing except what enters my house." He said, "Take what is sufficient for you and your children with goodness."  

أحمد:٢٤١١٧حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِعَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ هِنْدَاً قَالَتْ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ رَجُلٌ شَحِيحٌ وَلَيْسَ لِي إِلَّا مَا يَدْخُلُ بَيْتِي قَالَ خُذِي مَا يَكْفِيكِ وَوَلَدَكِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:5364Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah > Hind b. ʿUtbah

Hind bint ʿUtba said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Abu Sufyan is a miser and he does not give me what is sufficient for me and my children. Can I take of his property without his knowledge?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Take what is sufficient for you and your children, and the amount should be just and reasonable.  

البخاري:٥٣٦٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ هِنْدَ بِنْتَ عُتْبَةَ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ رَجُلٌ شَحِيحٌ وَلَيْسَ يُعْطِينِي مَا يَكْفِينِي وَوَلَدِي إِلاَّ مَا أَخَذْتُ مِنْهُ وَهْوَ لاَ يَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ خُذِي مَا يَكْفِيكِ وَوَلَدَكِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ  

bukhari:7180Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah > Hind > Lilnnabī ﷺ In Abū Sufyān a man Shaḥīḥ Faʾaḥtāj > Ākhudh from Mālih

Hind (bint ʿUtba) said to the Prophet ﷺ "Abu Sufyan is a miserly man and I need to take some money of his wealth." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Take reasonably what is sufficient for you and your children "  

البخاري:٧١٨٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَنَّ هِنْدَ قَالَتْ

لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ رَجُلٌ شَحِيحٌ فَأَحْتَاجُ أَنْ آخُذَ مِنْ مَالِهِ قَالَ خُذِي مَا يَكْفِيكِ وَوَلَدَكِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ  

ahmad:25713Wakīʿ > Hishām > Abīhiʿan ʿĀʾishah

'Hind came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, Abu Sufyan is a stingy man and he does not give me enough for me and my child, except for what I take from his wealth without him realizing.' He said: Take what is sufficient for you and your child, on a reasonable basis.' " (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2293)  

أحمد:٢٥٧١٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

جَاءَتْ هِنْدٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ رَجُلٌ شَحِيحٌ وَلَيْسَ يُعْطِينِي وَوَلَدِي مَا يَكْفِينِي إِلَّا مَا أَخَذْتُ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَهُوَ لَا يَعْلَمُ قَالَ خُذِي مَا يَكْفِيكِ وَوَلَدَكِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ  

ahmad:24231Yaḥyá And Wakīʿ > Hishām from his father > Yaḥyá from my father > ʿĀʾishah > Hind b. ʿUtbah

'Hind came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, Abu Sufyan is a stingy man and he does not give me enough for me and my child, except for what I take from his wealth without him realizing.' He said: Take what is sufficient for you and your child, on a reasonable basis.' " (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2293)   

أحمد:٢٤٢٣١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى وَوَكِيعٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ يَحْيَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ هِنْدَ بِنْتَ عُتْبَةَ قَالَتْ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ رَجُلٌ شَحِيحٌ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يُعْطِينِي وَوَلَدِي مَا يَكْفِينَا إِلَّا مَا أَخَذْتُ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَهُوَ لَا يَعْلَمُ قَالَ خُذِي مَا يَكْفِيكِ وَوَلَدَكِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ لِلْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ مِنْ مَالِ زَوْجِهَا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ لِتُنْفِقَ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ، إِذَا قَصَّرَ الزَّوْجُ فِي النَّفَقَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ

ibnhibban:4255Ḥāmid b. Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb al-Balkhī > Surayj b. Yūnus > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] Hind said to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), "Indeed, Abu Sufyan is a stingy man and I only have what he provides for me." He (the Prophet) said, "Take what is sufficient for you and your child with what is good."  

ابن حبّان:٤٢٥٥أَخْبَرَنَا حَامِدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ الْبَلْخِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَتْ هِنْدٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ رَجُلٌ شَحِيحٌ وَلَيْسَ لِي إِلَّا مَا يُدْخِلُ عَلَيَّ قَالَ «خُذِي مَا يَكْفِيكِ وَوَلَدَكِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ»