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bayhaqi:13250 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > Makkī b. Ibrāhīm > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather > Kān

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to ask if something brought to him was a gift or charity. If they said it was a gift, he would extend his hand to receive it. And if they said it was charity, he would say to his companions, "Take it and give it as charity." This hadith has a similar meaning to the one narrated by Muhammad ibn Ziyad from Abu Hurairah.  

البيهقي:١٣٢٥٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ ثنا مَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِالشَّيْءِ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ أَهَدِيَّةٌ أَمْ صَدَقَةٌ فَإِنْ قَالُوا هَدِيَّةٌ مَدَّ يَدَهُ وَإِنْ قَالُوا صَدَقَةٌ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ خُذُوا وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ بِمَعْنَاهُ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
bukhari:2576 – Ibrāhīm b. al-Mundhir > Maʿn > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

Whenever a meal was brought to Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he would ask whether it was a gift or Sadaqa (something given in charity). If he was told that it was Sadaqa, he would tell his companions to eat it, but if it was a gift, he would hurry to share it with them.  

البخاري:٢٥٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِطَعَامٍ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ أَهَدِيَّةٌ أَمْ صَدَقَةٌ فَإِنْ قِيلَ صَدَقَةٌ قَالَ لأَصْحَابِهِ كُلُوا وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ وَإِنْ قِيلَ هَدِيَّةٌ ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ ﷺ فَأَكَلَ مَعَهُمْ  

nasai:2613 – Ziyād b. Ayyūb > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Wāṣil > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

"If something was brought to him, the prophet would ask whether it was a gift or charity. If it was said that if was charity, he would not eat, and if it was said that it was a gift, he would stretch forth his hand."  

النسائي:٢٦١٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ وَاصِلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِشَىْءٍ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ أَهَدِيَّةٌ أَمْ صَدَقَةٌ فَإِنْ قِيلَ صَدَقَةٌ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ وَإِنْ قِيلَ هَدِيَّةٌ بَسَطَ يَدَهُ  

ahmad:20054 – Makkī b. Ibrāhīm > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

"If something was brought to him, the prophet would ask whether it was a gift or charity. If it was said that if was charity, he would not eat, and if it was said that it was a gift, he would stretch forth his hand." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2613)   

أحمد:٢٠٠٥٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِالشَّيْءِ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ أَهَدِيَّةٌ أَمْ صَدَقَةٌ؟ فَإِنْ قَالُوا هَدِيَّةٌ بَسَطَ يَدَهُ وَإِنْ قَالُواصَدَقَةٌ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ خُذُوا  

nasai-kubra:2406 – Ziyād b. Ayyūb > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Wāṣil > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

"If something was brought to him, the prophet would ask whether it was a gift or charity. If it was said that if was charity, he would not eat, and if it was said that it was a gift, he would stretch forth his hand." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2613)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٤٠٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ وَاصِلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِشَيْءٍ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ أَهَدِيَّةٌ أَمْ صَدَقَةٌ؟ فَإِنْ قِيلَ صَدَقَةٌ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ وَإِنْ قِيلَ هَدِيَّةٌ بَسَطَ يَدَهُ  

bayhaqi:13251 – Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Bālawayh al-Muzakkī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Qaṭṭān > Qaṭan b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥafṣ b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

Whenever a meal was brought to Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he would ask whether it was a gift or Sadaqa (something given in charity). If he was told that it was Sadaqa, he would tell his companions to eat it, but if it was a gift, he would hurry to share it with them. (Using translation from Bukhārī 2576)   

البيهقي:١٣٢٥١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ الْمُزَكِّي أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا قَطَنُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِطَعَامٍ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ أَهُوَ هَدِيَّةٌ أَمْ صَدَقَةٌ فَإِنْ قِيلَ صَدَقَةٌ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ كُلُوا وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ وَإِنْ قِيلَ هَدِيَّةٌ ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ وَأَكَلَ مَعَهُمْ