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ahmad:8929 – Qutaybah > Layth > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī And al-Qaʿqāʿ b. Ḥakīmʿan Abū Hurayrah

"A Dirham surpassed a hundred thousand Dirhams." They said: "How?" He said: "A man had two Dirhams and gave one in charity, and another man went part of his wealth and took out a hundred thousand Dirhams and gave them in charity." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2527)   

أحمد:٨٩٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ وَالْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَبَقَ دِرْهَمٌ دِرْهَمَيْنِ قَالُوا وَكَيْفَ ذَاكَ؟ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ كَانَ لِرَجُلٍ دِرْهَمَانِ فَتَصَدَّقَ أَجوَدَهُمَا فَانْطَلَقَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عُرْضِ مَالِهِ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ مِائَةَ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا  

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nasai:2527 – Qutaybah > al-Layth > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd And al-Qaʿqāʿ > Abū Hurayrah

"A Dirham surpassed a hundred thousand Dirhams." They said: "How?" He said: "A man had two Dirhams and gave one in charity, and another man went part of his wealth and took out a hundred thousand Dirhams and gave them in charity."  

النسائي:٢٥٢٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ وَالْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَبَقَ دِرْهَمٌ مِائَةَ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ قَالُوا وَكَيْفَ قَالَ كَانَ لِرَجُلٍ دِرْهَمَانِ تَصَدَّقَ بِأَحَدِهِمَا وَانْطَلَقَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عُرْضِ مَالِهِ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ مِائَةَ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا  

nasai:2528 – ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Ṣafwān b. ʿĪsá > Ibn ʿAjlān > Zayd b. Aslam > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'A Dirham was better than a hundred thousand Dirhams.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, how?' He said: 'A man had two Dirhams and gave one in charity, and another man went to part of his wealth and took out a hundred thousand Dirhams and gave them in charity."'  

النسائي:٢٥٢٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبَقَ دِرْهَمٌ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَيْفَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لَهُ دِرْهَمَانِ فَأَخَذَ أَحَدَهُمَا فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهِ وَرَجُلٌ لَهُ مَالٌ كَثِيرٌ فَأَخَذَ مِنْ عُرْضِ مَالِهِ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ صَدَقَةَ الْقَلِيلِ مِنَ الْمَالِ الْيَسِيرِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَدَقَةِ الْكَثِيرِ مِنَ الْمَالِ الْوَافِرِ

ibnhibban:3347 – Ḥājib b. Arkīn al-Farghānī Bidimashq > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī > Ṣafwān b. ʿĪsá > Ibn ʿAjlān > Zayd b. Aslam > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'A Dirham was better than a hundred thousand Dirhams.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, how?' He said: 'A man had two Dirhams and gave one in charity, and another man went to part of his wealth and took out a hundred thousand Dirhams and gave them in charity."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2528)   

ابن حبّان:٣٣٤٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا حَاجِبُ بْنُ أَرْكِينَ الْفَرْغَانِيُّ بِدِمَشْقَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «سَبَقَ دِرْهَمٌ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ وَكَيْفَ ذَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «رَجُلٌ لَهُ مَالٌ كَثِيرٌ أَخَذَ مِنْ عُرْضِهِ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا وَرَجُلٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ إِلَّا دِرْهَمَانِ فَأَخَذَ أَحَدَهُمَا فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:2318 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī And al-Qaʿqāʿ > Abū Hurayrah

"A Dirham surpassed a hundred thousand Dirhams." They said: "How?" He said: "A man had two Dirhams and gave one in charity, and another man went part of his wealth and took out a hundred thousand Dirhams and gave them in charity." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2527)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٣١٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ وَالْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «سَبَقَ دِرْهَمٌ مِائَةَ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ» قَالُوا وَكَيْفَ؟ قَالَ «كَانَ لِرَجُلٍ دِرْهَمَانِ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِأَجْوَدِهِمَا وَانْطَلَقَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عُرْضِ مَالِهِ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ مِائَةَ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا»  

nasai-kubra:2319 – ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Ṣafwān b. ʿĪsá > Ibn ʿAjlān > Zayd b. Aslam > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'A Dirham was better than a hundred thousand Dirhams.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, how?' He said: 'A man had two Dirhams and gave one in charity, and another man went to part of his wealth and took out a hundred thousand Dirhams and gave them in charity."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2528)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٣١٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «سَبَقَ دِرْهَمٌ مِائَةَ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَكَيْفَ؟ قَالَ «رَجُلٌ لَهُ دِرْهَمَانِ فَأَخَذَ أَحَدَهُمَا فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهِ وَرَجُلٌ لَهُ مَالٌ كَثِيرٌ فَأَخَذَ مِنْ عُرْضِ مَالِهِ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهِ»  

bayhaqi:7779 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū Bakrah Bakkār b. Qutaybah al-Qāḍī Bimiṣr > Ṣafwān b. ʿĪsá > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > Zayd b. Aslam > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'A Dirham was better than a hundred thousand Dirhams.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, how?' He said: 'A man had two Dirhams and gave one in charity, and another man went to part of his wealth and took out a hundred thousand Dirhams and gave them in charity."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2528)   

البيهقي:٧٧٧٩ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرَةَ بَكَّارُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ الْقَاضِي بِمِصْرَ ثنا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَبَقَ دِرْهَمٌ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ يَسْبِقُ دِرْهَمٌ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ؟ قَالَ رَجُلٌ كَانَ لَهُ دِرْهَمَانِ فَأَخَذَ أَحَدَهُمَا فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهِ وَآخَرُ لَهُ مَالٌ كَثِيرٌ فَأَخَذَ مِنْ عَرْضِهَا مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ يَعْنِي فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا  

suyuti:651-198b – Abiá Hurayrah
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٦٥١-١٩٨b –

"عَنْ أَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ قَالَ: سبق دِرْهَمٌ مِائَةَ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ، قَالُوا: وَكَيْفَ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ الله؟ قَالَ: كَانَ لِرَجُلٍ دِرْهَمَانِ، فَأخَذَ أَحَدَهُمَا فَتَصدقَ بِهِ، فَانْطَلَقَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عُرْضِ مَالِهِ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهِ".  

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