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bayhaqi:7643Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah > Maḥmūd b. Labīd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī

While we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a man brought him some gold equal in weight to an egg, and said: Messenger of Allah, I have got this from a mine; take it; it is sadaqah. I have no more than this. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned his attention from him. Then he came to him from his right side and repeated the same words. But he (the Prophet) turned his attention from him. He then came to him from his left side and repeated the same words. But he (again) turned his attention from him. He then came to him from behind. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took it and threw it away. Had it hit him, it would have hurt him or wounded him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: One of you brings all that he possesses and says: This is sadaqah. Then he sits down and spreads his hand before the people. The best sadaqah is that which leaves a competence. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1673)   

البيهقي:٧٦٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ بِمِثْلِ بَيْضَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَصَبْتُ هَذِهِ مِنْ مَعْدِنِي فَخُذْهَا فَهِيَ صَدَقَةٌ مَا أَمْلِكُ غَيْرَهَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ رُكْنِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ مِنْ رُكْنِهِ الْأَيْسَرِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ فَأَخَذَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَحَذَفَهُ بِهَا فَلَوْ أَصَابَتْهُ لَأَوْجَعَتْهُ أَوْ لَعَقَرَتْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْتِي أَحَدُكُمْ بِمَا يَمْلِكُ فَيَقُولُ هَذِهِ صَدَقَةٌ ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ يَسْتَكِفُّ النَّاسَ خَيْرُ الصَّدَقَةِ مَا كَانَ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غَنِيًّ وَهَذَا يَحْتَمِلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِنَّمَا امْتَنَعَ مِنْ أَخْذِ الْوَاجِبِ مِنْهَا لِكَوْنِهَا نَاقِصَةً عَنِ النِّصَابِ وَيُحْتَمَلُ غَيْرُهُ وَقَدْ مَضَتِ الْأَحَادِيثُ فِي نِصَابِ الذَّهَبِ وَالْوَرِقِ  


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abudawud:1673Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah > Maḥmūd b. Labīd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī

While we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a man brought him some gold equal in weight to an egg, and said: Messenger of Allah, I have got this from a mine; take it; it is sadaqah. I have no more than this. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned his attention from him. Then he came to him from his right side and repeated the same words. But he (the Prophet) turned his attention from him. He then came to him from his left side and repeated the same words. But he (again) turned his attention from him. He then came to him from behind. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took it and threw it away. Had it hit him, it would have hurt him or wounded him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: One of you brings all that he possesses and says: This is sadaqah. Then he sits down and spreads his hand before the people. The best sadaqah is that which leaves a competence.  

أبو داود:١٦٧٣حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ بِمِثْلِ بَيْضَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَصَبْتُ هَذِهِ مِنْ مَعْدِنٍ فَخُذْهَا فَهِيَ صَدَقَةٌ مَا أَمْلِكُ غَيْرَهَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ رُكْنِهِ الأَيْمَنِ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ رُكْنِهِ الأَيْسَرِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ فَأَخَذَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَحَذَفَهُ بِهَا فَلَوْ أَصَابَتْهُ لأَوْجَعَتْهُ أَوْ لَعَقَرَتْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْتِي أَحَدُكُمْ بِمَا يَمْلِكُ فَيَقُولُ هَذِهِ صَدَقَةٌ ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ يَسْتَكِفُّ النَّاسَ خَيْرُ الصَّدَقَةِ مَا كَانَ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى  

hakim:1507ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī Bihamdān > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥusayn > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah > Maḥmūd b. Labīd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī

While we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a man brought him some gold equal in weight to an egg, and said: Messenger of Allah, I have got this from a mine; take it; it is sadaqah. I have no more than this. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned his attention from him. Then he came to him from his right side and repeated the same words. But he (the Prophet) turned his attention from him. He then came to him from his left side and repeated the same words. But he (again) turned his attention from him. He then came to him from behind. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took it and threw it away. Had it hit him, it would have hurt him or wounded him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: One of you brings all that he possesses and says: This is sadaqah. Then he sits down and spreads his hand before the people. The best sadaqah is that which leaves a competence. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1673)  

الحاكم:١٥٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي بِهَمْدَانَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ بِمِثْلِ بَيْضَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَصَبْتُ هَذِهِ مِنْ مَعْدِنٍ فَخُذْهَا فَهِيَ صَدَقَةٌ مَا أَمْلِكُ غَيْرَهَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ رُكْنِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ رُكْنِهِ الْأَيْسَرِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ فَأَخَذَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَخَذَفَهُ بِهَا فَلَوْ أَصَابَتْهُ لَأَوْجَعَتْهُ وَلَعَقَرَتْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَأْتِي أَحَدُكُمْ بِمَا يَمْلِكُ فَيَقُولُ هَذِهِ صَدَقَةٌ ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ يَسْتَكِفُّ النَّاسَ خَيْرُ الصَّدَقَةِ مَا كَانَ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ الْمَرْءُ بِمَالِهِ كُلِّهِ، ثُمَّ يَبْقَى كَلًّا عَلَى غَيْرِهِ

ibnhibban:3372Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhib > Ibn Idrīs > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah b. al-Nuʿmān al-Ẓafarī > Maḥmūd b. Labīd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a man came to him with an egg-sized piece of gold that he had acquired from some spoils of war. He said, 'O Messenger of Allah, take this as a charity from me, for by Allah, apart from this, I have no wealth left.' The Prophet ﷺ turned away from him. Then the man came to him from his other side and said the same thing, and again the Prophet ﷺ turned away from him. Finally, the man came to him from the front, and the Prophet ﷺ took it from him and threw it away, giving him a warning that if it had hit his face, it would have caused him pain or injury. Then he said, 'One of you comes to people with everything he owns, and then seeks charity from them. Charity only befits a person who is in need. Take back your wealth, for we have no need for it.'"  

ابن حبّان:٣٣٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهِبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ الظَّفَرِيِّ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

إِنِّي لَعِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ بِمِثْلِ الْبَيْضَةِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ قَدْ أَصَابَهَا مِنْ بَعْضِ الْمَغَازِي فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ خُذْ هَذِهِ مِنِّي صَدَقَةً فَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَصْبَحَ لِي مَالٌ غَيْرُهَا قَالَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَجَاءَهُ مِنْ شِقِّهِ الْآخَرَ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ وَجْهِهِ فَأَخَذَهَا مِنْهُ فَحَذَفَهُ بِهَا حَذَفَةً لَوْ أَصَابَهُ عَقَرَهُ أَوْ أَوْجَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَأْتِي أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى جَمِيعِ مَا يَمْلِكُ فَيُتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ يَتَكَفَّفُ النَّاسَ إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَةُ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى خُذْ عَنَّا مَالَكَ لَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا بِهِ»  

bayhaqi:7777Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Dāwud al-Razzāz> Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Shāfiʿī > Muḥammad b. al-Jahm al-Simarī > Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > Muḥammad / Ibn Isḥāq b. Yasār > ʿĀṣim / Ibn ʿUmar b. Qatādah > Maḥmūd b. Labīd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , a man came to him holding a golden egg, which he had acquired from some battles or mines. He approached the Prophet ﷺ from his right side and said, "O Messenger of Allah, take this as a charity from me. By Allah, I have no wealth other than this." The Prophet ﷺ turned away from him. Then he came to him from his left side and said the same thing. Once again, the Prophet ﷺ turned away from him. Finally, the man came to him from in front of him and said the same thing. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give it here," and he forcibly threw it away. If it had struck him, it would have hurt him or caused him pain. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "One of you may intentionally bring his wealth and give it in charity, but then he sits waiting for people to praise him. Charity is only accepted from those who are self-sufficient. Take what belongs to you, for we have no need for it." So the man took his wealth and left. According to Hammad bin Salamah, Muhammad bin Ishaq stated in this hadith, "I acquired this from a mine."  

البيهقي:٧٧٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الرَّزَّازُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الشَّافِعِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْجَهْمِ السِّمَرِيُّ ثنا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ بِمِثْلِ الْبَيْضَةِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ أَصَابَهَا فِي بَعْضِ الْمَغَازِي أَوْ قَالَ الْمَعَادِنُ فَجَاءَ بِهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ رُكْنِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ خُذْهَا مَنِّي صَدَقَةً وَاللهِ مَا لِي مَالٌ غَيْرُهَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِهَا عَنْ رُكْنِهِ الْأَيْسَرِ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِهَا مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ هَاتِهَا فَحَذَفَهُ حَذْفَةً لَوْ أَصَابَتْهُ لَأَوْجَعَتْهُ أَوْ عَقَرَتْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَعْمِدُ أَحَدُكُمْ فَيَأْتِي بِمَالِهِ فَيَتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَتَكَفَّفُ النَّاسَ إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَةُ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى خُذِ الَّذِي لَكَ لَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا بِهِ فَأَخَذَ الرَّجُلُ مَالَهُ فَذَهَبَ وَقَالَ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَصَبْتُ هَذِهِ مِنْ مَعْدِنٍ