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ahmad:7539ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"The poor man (Miskin) is not the one who leaves if you give him a morsel or two, or a date or two." They said: "Then who is the Miskin, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "The one who does not possess independence of means, and the people do not know of his need, so that they could give him charity." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2573)   

أحمد:٧٥٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ الَّذِي تَرُدُّهُ التَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ وَالْأُكْلَةُ وَالْأُكْلَتَانِ قَالُوا فَمَنِ الْمِسْكِينُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ الَّذِي لَا يَجِدُ غِنًى وَلَا يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ بِحَاجَتِهِ فَيُتَصَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَذَلِكَ هُوَ الْمَحْرُومُ  


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nasai:2573Naṣr b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"The poor man (Miskin) is not the one who leaves if you give him a morsel or two, or a date or two." They said: "Then who is the Miskin, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "The one who does not possess independence of means, and the people do not know of his need, so that they could give him charity."  

النسائي:٢٥٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ الَّذِي تَرُدُّهُ الأُكْلَةُ وَالأُكْلَتَانِ وَالتَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ قَالُوا فَمَا الْمِسْكِينُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ الَّذِي لاَ يَجِدُ غِنًى وَلاَ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ حَاجَتَهُ فَيُتَصَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:4260Abū Ḥaddathak ʿAmr b. Mujammiʿ > Ibrāhīm al-Hajarī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣiʿan ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

"The poor man (Miskin) is not the one who goes around asking people and they send him away with a morsel or two, of a date or two. "They said: "Then what does poor (Mishkin) mean?" He said: "The one who does not possess independence of means and no one notices him to give charity to him, and he does not stand and ask of people." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2572)   

أحمد:٤٢٦٠قَرَأْتُ عَلَى أَبِي حَدَّثَكَ عَمْرُو بْنُ مُجَمِّعٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْهَجَرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِعَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الْمِسْكِينَ لَيْسَ بِالطَّوَّافِ الَّذِي تَرُدُّهُ اللُّقْمَةُ وَاللُّقْمَتَانِ أَوِ التَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَمَنِ الْمِسْكِينُ؟ قَالَ الَّذِي لَا يَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ وَلَا يَجِدُ مَا يُغْنِيهِ وَلَا يُفْطَنُ لَهُ فَيُتَصَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِ  

ذِكْرُ اسْتِحْبَابِ الْإِيثَارِ بِالصَّدَقَةِ مَنْ لَا يُعْلَمُ بِحَاجَتِهِ وَلَا غِنَاهُ عَنْهَا

ibnhibban:3351al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Musaddad b. Musarhad > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "The true poor person is not the one who is given a date or two dates, or a meal or two meals, but rather the true poor person is the one who does not have enough to meet his needs and his need is not known, so he is given charity. This is the one who is deprived."  

ابن حبّان:٣٣٥١أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ الَّذِي تَرُدُّهُ التَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ وَالْأَكْلَةُ وَالْأَكْلَتَانِ وَلَكِنَّ الْمِسْكِينَ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لَهُ مَا يَسْتَغْنِي بِهِ وَلَا يُعْلَمُ بِحَاجَتِهِ فَيُتَصَدَّقُ عَلَيْهِ فَذَلِكَ الْمَحْرُومُ»  

ذِكْرُ اسْتِحْبَابِ الْإِيثَارِ بِالصَّدَقَةِ مَنْ لَا يَسْأَلُ دُونَ مَنْ يَسْأَلُ

ibnhibban:3352ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān Bimanbij > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

"The poor man (Miskin) is not the one who goes around asking people and they send him away with a morsel or two, of a date or two. "They said: "Then what does poor (Mishkin) mean?" He said: "The one who does not possess independence of means and no one notices him to give charity to him, and he does not stand and ask of people." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2572)  

ابن حبّان:٣٣٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ بِمَنْبِجَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ بِهَذَا الطَّوَّافِ الَّذِي يَطُوفُ عَلَى النَّاسِ تَرُدُّهُ اللُّقْمَةُ وَاللُّقْمَتَانِ وَالتَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ» قَالُوا فَمَنِ الْمِسْكِينُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «الَّذِي لَا يَجِدُ غِنًى يُغْنِيهِ وَلَا يُفْطَنُ لَهُ فَيُتَصَدَّقُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا يَقُومُ فَيَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ»  

nasai-kubra:2365Naṣr b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"The poor man (Miskin) is not the one who leaves if you give him a morsel or two, or a date or two." They said: "Then who is the Miskin, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "The one who does not possess independence of means, and the people do not know of his need, so that they could give him charity." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2573)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٣٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ الَّذِي تَرُدُّهُ الْأُكْلَةُ وَالْأُكْلَتَانِ وَالتَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ» قَالُوا فَمَا الْمِسْكِينُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «الَّذِي لَا يَجِدُ غِنًى وَلَا يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ بِحَاجَتِهِ فَيُتَصَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِ»  

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"لَيسَ الْمِسكِينُ الَّذِي تَرُدُّه التَّمْرَةُ والتَّمْرَتَانِ، وَالأُكلَةُ والأُكْلَتَانِ، ولَكِنَّ الْمِسْكينَ الَّذِي لَيسَ لَهُ مَا يَسْتَغْنِي بِه ولا يُعْلَمُ بِحَاجَتِه فَيُتَصَدَّقَ عَلَيهِ، فَذَلِكَ الْمَحْرُومُ".  

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