38. Division of Charity

٣٨۔ كِتَابُ قَسْمِ الصَّدَقَاتِ

38.13 [Machine] Whoever asks for charity out of destitution or poverty, and does not possess certainty of what they claim.

٣٨۔١٣ بَابُ مَنْ طَلَبَ الصَّدَقَةَ بِالْمَسْكَنَةِ أَوِ الْفَقْرِ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَ الْوَالِي يَقِينُ مَا قَالَ

bayhaqi:13163Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Musaddad > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAdī b. al-Khiyār > two men > Umā Atayā

Two men informed me that they went to the Prophet ﷺ when he was at the Farewell Pilgrimage while he was distributing the sadaqah and asked him for some of it. He looked us up and down, and seeing that we were robust, he said: If you wish, I shall give you something, but there is nothing spare in it for a rich man or for one who is strong and able to earn a living. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1633)   

البيهقي:١٣١٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَدِيِّ بْنِ الْخِيَارِ قَالَ

أَخْبَرَنِي رَجُلَانِ أَنَّهُمَا أَتَيَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ وَهُوَ يَقْسِمُ الصَّدَقَةَ فَسَأَلَاهُ مِنْهَا فَرَفَعَ فِينَا الْبَصَرَ وَخَفَضَهُ فَرَآنَا جَلْدَيْنِ فَقَالَ إِنْ شِئْتُمَا أَعْطَيْتُكُمَا وَلَا حَظَّ فِيهَا لِغَنِيٍّ وَلَا لِقَوِيٍّ مُكْتَسِبٍ