Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man said that he would give something in charity. He went out with his object of charity and unknowingly gave it to a thief. Next morning the people said that he had given his object of charity to a thief. (On hearing that) he said, "O Allah! All the praises are for you. I will give alms again." And so he again went out with his alms and (unknowingly) gave it to an adulteress. Next morning the people said that he had given his alms to an adulteress last night. The man said, "O Allah! All the praises are for you. (I gave my alms) to an adulteress. I will give alms again." So he went out with his alms again and (unknowingly) gave it to a rich person. (The people) next morning said that he had given his alms to a wealthy person. He said, "O Allah! All the praises are for you. (I had given alms) to a thief, to an adulteress and to a wealthy man." Then someone came and said to him, "The alms which you gave to the thief, might make him abstain from stealing, and that given to the adulteress might make her abstain from illegal sexual intercourse (adultery), and that given to the wealthy man might make him take a lesson from it and spend his wealth which Allah has given him, in Allah's cause." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1421)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لَأَتَصَدَّقَنَّ اللَّيْلَةَ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَخَرَجَ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَوَضَعَهَا فِي يَدِ زَانِيَةٍ فَأَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ تَصَدَّقَ عَلَى زَانِيَةٍ فَقَالَ اللهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى زَانِيَةٍ لَأَتَصَدَّقَنَّ اللَّيْلَةَ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَخَرَجَ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَوَضَعَهَا فِي يَدِ غَنِيٍّ فَأَصْبَحُوا يَتَحَدَّثُونَ تَصَدَّقَ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى غَنِيٍّ فَقَالَ اللهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى غَنِيٍّ لَأَتَصَدَّقَنَّ اللَّيْلَةَ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَخَرَجَ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَوَضَعَهَا فِي يَدِ سَارِقٍ فَأَصْبَحُوا يَتَحَدَّثُونَ تَصَدَّقَ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى سَارِقٍ فَقَالَ اللهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى زَانِيَةٍ وَعَلَى غَنِيٍّ وَعَلَى سَارِقٍ فَأُتِيَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَمَّا صَدَقَتُكَ فَقَدْ قُبِلَتْ أَمَّا الزَّانِيَةُ فَلَعَلَّهَا تَسْتَعِفُّ بِهَا عَنْ زِنَاهَا وَلَعَلَّ الْغَنِيَّ يَعْتَبِرُ فَيُنْفِقُ مِمَّا أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى وَلَعَلَّ السَّارِقَ يَسْتَعِفُّ بِهَا عَنْ سَرِقَتِهِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, my father, my grandfather, and a man proposed to me and I married him. I argued with him and my father gave me dinars to give in charity. I placed them with a man in the mosque and went to retrieve them. I took them and brought them back to my father. He said, 'By Allah, I did not mean for you to do that.' So, I argued with him in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said to me, 'Yazid, you had no intention in this, and you, Ma'n, what did you take?'"  

رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَأَبِي وَجَدِّي وَخَطَبَ عَلَيَّ فَأَنْكَحَنِي وَخَاصَمْتُ إِلَيْهِ كَانَ أَبِي يَزِيدُ خَرَجَ بِدَنَانِيرَ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِهَا فَوَضَعَهَا عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَجِئْتُ فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا فَقَالَ وَاللهِ مَا إِيَّاكَ أَرَدْتُ بِهَا فَخَاصَمْتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَكَ مَا نَوَيْتَ يَا يَزِيدُ وَلَكَ يَا مَعْنُ مَا أَخَذْتَ  

[Machine] I heard Ma'n ibn Yazid say, "I argued with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so he struck me and married me off. I pledged allegiance to him, as did my grandfather." I said to him, "What was your argument with him?" He said, "There was a man who would go to the mosque and give charity to people he knew. So one night he came with a bundle and thought I was one of the people he knew. When it became clear to him in the morning, he came to me and said, 'Return it.' But I refused. So we argued and went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He allowed me to keep the charity and said, 'You will be rewarded according to your intention.' The elder said, 'It seems that the person who gave charity was a non-Arab.' Allah knows best."  

سَمِعْتُ مَعْنَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ يَقُولُ خَاصَمْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَفْلَجَنِي وَخَطَبَ عَلَيَّ فَأَنْكَحَنِي وَبَايَعْتُهُ أَنَا وَجَدِّي قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ وَمَا كَانَتْ خُصُومَتُكَ؟ قَالَ كَانَ رَجُلٌ يَغْشَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَيَتَصَدَّقُ عَلَى رِجَالٍ يَعْرِفُهُمْ فَجَاءَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ وَمَعَهُ صُرَّةٌ فَظَنَّ أَنِّي بَعْضُ مَنْ يَعْرِفُ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ فَأَتَانِي فَقَالَ رُدَّهَا فَأَبَيْتُ فَاخْتَصَمْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَجَازَ لِيَ الصَّدَقَةَ وَقَالَ لَكَ أَجْرُ مَا نَوَيْتَ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَظَاهِرُ هَذَا أَنَّ الْمُتَصَدِّقَ كَانَ رَجُلًا أَجْنَبِيًّا وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ