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bayhaqi:8061Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad al-Ṣaffār al-Aṣbahānī > Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Zubayrī al-Aṣbahānī > al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥafṣ al-Aṣbahānī > Hishām b. Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and confessed that he had committed adultery during the month of Ramadan. The Prophet ﷺ advised him to free a slave but he replied that he couldn't afford it. Then the Prophet ﷺ suggested fasting for two consecutive months, but he insisted that he couldn't do it. The Prophet ﷺ then advised him to feed sixty poor people, but he replied that he couldn't find them. Finally, someone brought a container with fifteen measures of dates to the Prophet ﷺ and he instructed the man to distribute it as charity. The man, however, insisted that he and his family were in greater need of it. The Prophet ﷺ then told him that he and his family were the ones in need and instructed him to observe fasting for one day instead, and seek forgiveness from Allah, repeating this process as necessary.  

البيهقي:٨٠٦١أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الصَّفَّارُ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَاقَعَ أَهْلَهُ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً قَالَ لَا أَجِدُ قَالَ صُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ قَالَ لَا أَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ أَطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا قَالَ لَا أَجِدُ قَالَ فَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ صَاعًا فَقَالَ خُذْ هَذَا فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَجِدُ أَحْوَجَ إِلَى هَذَا مِنِّي وَمِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي فَقَالَ كُلْهُ أَنْتَ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِكَ وَصُمْ يَوْمًا مَكَانَهُ وَاسْتَغْفَرِ اللهَ وَكَذَلِكَ  

رَوَاهُ جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ وَرُوِيَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مُرْسَلًا

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ahmad:6944Yazīd > al-Ḥajjāj b. Arṭāh > Ibrāhīm b. ʿĀmirʿan Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, a man came and began pulling his hair and cursing himself. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "What is the matter with you?" He replied, "I had a sexual encounter with my wife during Ramadan." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Free a slave." He replied, "I cannot find one." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Observing two consecutive months of fasting." He replied, "I am unable to do so." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Feed sixty poor people." He replied, "I cannot find them." Then, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was presented with a container containing fifteen sā' of dates. He said, "Take this and feed sixty poor people on your behalf." The man said, "O Messenger of Allah, there are people in my town who are more in need than us." The Prophet ﷺ replied, "You and your family are from them."  

أحمد:٦٩٤٤حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَامِرٍعَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَعَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَنْتِفُ شَعَرَهُ وَيَدْعُو وَيْلَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا لَكَ؟ قَالَ وَقَعَ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ فِي رَمَضَانَ قَالَ أَعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً قَالَ لَا أَجِدُهَا قَالَ صُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ قَالَ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ قَالَ أَطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا قَالَ لَا أَجِدُ قَالَ فَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ قَالَ خُذْ هَذَا فَأَطْعِمْهُ عَنْكَ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ أَفْقَرُ مِنَّا قَالَ كُلْهُ أَنْتَ وَعِيَالُكَ  

ahmad:7785ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am ruined!" The Prophet asked, "What happened?" The man replied, "I had an incident with my family in Ramadan." The Prophet asked, "Do you have a slave to free?" The man answered, "No." The Prophet asked, "Can you fast for two consecutive months?" The man replied, "No, O Messenger of Allah." The Prophet asked, "Can you feed sixty poor people?" The man replied, "I cannot find that, O Messenger of Allah." Then, the Prophet was given a fresh date branch and he said, "Go and give this in charity." The man asked, "Is there anyone poorer than me, O Messenger of Allah? By the one who sent you with the truth, among those who live in our neighborhood, there are people who are more in need of it than us." The Messenger of Allah laughed and then said, "Go and give it to your family."  

أحمد:٧٧٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ هَلَكْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ وَاقَعْتُ أَهْلِي فِي رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَتَجِدُ رَقَبَةً؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ أَتَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَصُومَ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ؟ قَالَ لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ أَفَتُطْعِمُ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا؟ قَالَ لَا أَجِدُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِعَرْقٍ وَالْعَرْقُ الْمِكْتَلُ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ فقَالَ اذْهَبْ فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهَذا فَقَالَ عَلَى أَفْقَرَ مِنِّي؟ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍأَحْوَجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَّا فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ اذْهَبْ بِهِ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُجَامِعَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ الْإِطْعَامَ لَهُ أَنْ يُعْطَى سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا لِكُلِّ مِسْكِينٍ رُبْعُ الصَّاعِ وَهُوَ الْمُدُّ

ibnhibban:3526Ibn Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "A man said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I have been ruined!' He asked, 'What happened?' The man said, 'I accidentally slept with my wife during a day in the month of Ramadan.' The Prophet said, 'Free a slave.' The man replied, 'I cannot afford it.' The Prophet said, 'Then fast for two consecutive months.' The man said, 'I am unable to do that.' The Prophet said, 'Then feed sixty poor people.' The man said, 'I cannot find that many.' The Prophet then brought a basket filled with fifteen saa' worth of dates and said, 'Then give this in charity.' The man replied, 'I swear, the poorest person in my family is more in need of it than my family.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled until his teeth were visible and said, 'Take it and seek forgiveness from Allah, and feed your family with it.'"  

ابن حبّان:٣٥٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنِ الزُهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلَكَتُ قَالَ «وَيْحَكَ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ » قَالَ وَقَعَتُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِي فِي يَوْمٍ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ قَالَ «أَعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً» قَالَ مَا أَجِدُ قَالَ «فَصُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ» قَالَ مَا أَسْتَطِيعُ قَالَ «أَطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا» قَالَ مَا أَجِدُ قَالَ فَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ «فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ» قَالَ عَلَى أَفْقَرَ مِنْ أَهْلِي مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَحْوَجُ مِنْ أَهْلِي فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ أَنْيَابُهُ وَقَالَ «خُذْهُ وَاسْتَغْفَرِ اللَّهَ وَأَطْعِمْهُ أَهْلَكَ»  

bayhaqi:9896Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ from my father

[Machine] A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have perished." He asked, "What is the matter?" The man replied, "I accidentally had relations with my wife during the day in Ramadan." The Prophet replied, "Free a slave." The man said, "I cannot find one." The Prophet then said, "Fast for two consecutive months." The man said, "I am not able to do that." The Prophet then said, "Feed sixty poor people." The man said, "I cannot find that either." Then, a container of dates was brought to the Prophet, containing fifteen wasqs (a measure of capacity). The Prophet said, "Take it and give it in charity." The man said, "Should I give it to someone poorer than my family? By Allah, there is no family in Medina poorer than mine." The Prophet laughed until his molars were visible and said, "Take it and seek forgiveness from Allah, and feed your family with it." And so on.  

البيهقي:٩٨٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَمْدَانَ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ بِمَرْوَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ الْبُوزَنَجِرْدِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَسَّانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا حَبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ أنبأ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلَكْتُ قَالَ وَيْحَكَ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ وَقَعْتُ عَلَى أَهْلِي فِي يَوْمٍ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ قَالَ أَعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً قَالَ مَا أَجِدُهَا قَالَ فَصُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ قَالَ مَا أَسْتَطِيعُ قَالَ أَطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا قَالَ مَا أَجِدُ قَالَ فَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ صَاعًا قَالَ خُذْهُ فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ قَالَ عَلَى أَفْقَرَ مِنْ أَهْلِي فَوَاللهِ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَحْوَجُ مِنْ أَهْلِي قَالَ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ أَنْيَابُهُ فَقَالَ خُذْهُ وَاسْتَغْفِرِ اللهَ وَأَطْعِمْ أَهْلَكَ وَكَذَلِكَ  

رَوَاهُ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ وَهِقْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ وَمَسْرُورُ بْنُ صَدَقَةَ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ
bayhaqi:15289Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥāfiẓ > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Rawḥ al-Dimashqī Ḥaddathahum > al-Qāsim b. ʿUthmān al-Jūʿī > Masrūq b. Ṣadaqah > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah ؓ

[Machine] A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have been destroyed." He said, "What happened to you?" He replied, "I fell upon my family on a day in the month of Ramadan." He said, "Free a slave." He said, "I cannot find one." He said, "Then fast for two consecutive months." He said, "I am unable to do so." He said, "Then feed sixty poor people." He said, "I cannot find them." He said, "Then bring a basket filled with dates." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Take it and give it in charity." He said, "To someone poorer than my family? By Allah, there is no one in Medina poorer than us." The Prophet ﷺ laughed until his molar teeth showed and said, "Take it and seek forgiveness from Allah and feed your family with it."  

البيهقي:١٥٢٨٩وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنِي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ أَنَّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَوْحٍ الدِّمَشْقِيَّ حَدَّثَهُمْ نا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْجُوعِيُّ نا مَسْرُوقُ بْنُ صَدَقَةَ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلَكْتُ قَالَ وَيْحَكَ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ وَقَعْتُ عَلَى أَهْلِي فِي يَوْمٍ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ قَالَ أَعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً قَالَ مَا أَجِدُهَا قَالَ فَصُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ قَالَ مَا أَسْتَطِيعُ قَالَ فَأَطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا قَالَ مَا أَجِدُ قَالَ فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ صَاعًا قَالَ خُذْهُ فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ قَالَ عَلَى أَفْقَرَ مِنْ أَهْلِي فَوَاللهِ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَحْوَجُ مِنْ أَهْلِي قَالَ فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ قَالَ خُذْهُ وَاسْتَغْفِرِ اللهَ وَأَطْعِمْهُ أَهْلَكَ وَكَذَلِكَ  

رَوَاهُ دُحَيْمٌ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ وَكَذَلِكَ رَوَاهُ الْهِقْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ