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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
bayhaqi:7307 – ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Abū Bakr al-Ṭayālisī Ḥammūwayh > Abū al-Walīd > Sharīk > ʿUthmān b. Abū Zurʿah > Abū Laylá al-Kindī > Sūwayd b. Ghafalah

[Machine] The Prophet's companion came to me, so I took his hand and he took mine, and I read in his notebook that one should not separate what is joined, and one should not join what is separate, out of fear of charity mismanagement. He said, then a man came to him with a huge well-groomed camel, and he refused to take it. Then he came to him with another one, more valuable than the first, and he refused to take it. Then he came to him with another one, less valuable than the previous ones, and he refused to take it as well. Then he said, "Which land can bear me, and which sky can shade me, when I come to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ having taken the best of a Muslim's camels, as narrated in the conversation of Ubayy ibn Ka'b when he left as a companion and it indicates the permissibility of taking it if the owner offers it willingly."  

البيهقي:٧٣٠٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَمُّوَيْهِ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ شَرِيكٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي لَيْلَى الْكِنْدِيِّ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ قَالَ

أَتَى مُصَدِّقُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَقَرَأْتُ فِي عَهْدِهِ أَنْ لَا يُجْمَعَ بَيْنَ مُتَفَرِّقٍ وَلَا يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَ مُجْتَمِعٍ خَشْيَةَ الصَّدَقَةِ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِنَاقَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ مُلَمْلَمَةٍ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْخُذَهَا ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ بِأُخْرَى دُونَهَا فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْخُذَهَا ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ بِأُخْرَى دُونَهَا فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْخُذَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ أِيُّ أَرْضٍ تُقِلُّنِي وَأِيُّ سَمَاءٍ تُظِلُّنِي إِذَا أَنَا أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ أَخَذْتُ خِيَارَ إِبِلِ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ وَقَدْ مَضَى فِي حَدِيثِ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ حِينَ خَرَجَ مُصَدِّقًا وَفِيهِ دَلَالَةٌ عَلَى جَوَازِ الْأَخْذِ إِذَا تَطَوَّعَ بِهِ صَاحِبُهُ  

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Ṭabarānī
ibnmajah:1801 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Sharīk

Suwaid bin Ghafalah said: ”The Zakah collector of the Prophet came to us, and I took him by the hand and read in his order: 'Do not gather separate herds and do not separate herd for fear of Sadaqah'. A man brought him a huge, fat she-camel, but he refused to accept it. So he brought him another of lower quality and he accepted it. He said: 'What land would shelter me, if I came to the Messenger of Allah having taken the nest of a Muslim man's camels?' ”  

ابن ماجة:١٨٠١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي لَيْلَى الْكِنْدِيِّ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَنَا مُصَدِّقُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ وَقَرَأْتُ فِي عَهْدِهِ لاَ يُجْمَعُ بَيْنَ مُتَفَرِّقٍ وَلاَ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَ مُجْتَمِعٍ خَشْيَةَ الصَّدَقَةِ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِنَاقَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ مُلَمْلَمَةٍ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْخُذَهَا فَأَتَاهُ بِأُخْرَى دُونَهَا فَأَخَذَهَا وَقَالَ أَىُّ أَرْضٍ تُقِلُّنِي وَأَىُّ سَمَاءٍ تُظِلُّنِي إِذَا أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ أَخَذْتُ خِيَارَ إِبِلِ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ  

tabarani:6474 – Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Bukayr al-Ṭayālisī al-Baṣrī > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Sharīk > ʿUthmān b. Abū Zurʿah > Abū Laylá al-Kindī > Sūwayd b. Ghafalah

Suwaid bin Ghafalah said: ”The Zakah collector of the Prophet came to us, and I took him by the hand and read in his order: 'Do not gather separate herds and do not separate herd for fear of Sadaqah'. A man brought him a huge, fat she-camel, but he refused to accept it. So he brought him another of lower quality and he accepted it. He said: 'What land would shelter me, if I came to the Messenger of Allah having taken the nest of a Muslim man's camels?' ” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1801)   

الطبراني:٦٤٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي لَيْلَى الْكِنْدِيِّ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ قَالَ

أَتَانَا مُصَدِّقُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَقَرَأْتُ فِي عَهْدِهِ «أَنْ لَا تَجْمَعْ بَيْنَ مُتَفَرِّقٍ وَلَا تُفَرِّقْ بَيْنَ مُجْتَمِعٍ خَشْيَةَ الصَّدَقَةِ» فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِنَاقَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْخُذَهَا ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ بِأُخْرَى دُونَهَا فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْخُذَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَيُّ أَرْضٍ تُقِلُّنِي؟ وَأَيُّ سَمَاءٍ تُظِلُّنِي؟ إِذَا أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ أَخَذْتُ خِيَارَ مَالِ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ»