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البزّار:٨٢٣١وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُول اللهِ صَلَّى

اللَّهُ عَلَيه وَسَلَّم مثل المنفق والبخيل كمثل رجلين عليهما جبة من حديد من ثدييهما إلى تراقيهما فإذا أراد المنفق أن ينفق سبغت عليه الدرع حتى تعفو أثره وإذا أراد البخيل أن ينفق قلصت من خلفه فهو يرسلها ولاَ يستطيع وهُو يرسلها ولاَ يستطيع

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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān

ذِكْرُ تَمْثِيلِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ الْمُتَصَدِّقَ بِالْمُتَجَنِّنِ لِلْقِتَالِ

ibnhibban:3313Ismāʿīl b. Dāwud b. And Rdān Bimiṣr > ʿĪsá b. Ḥammād > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Ibn ʿAjlān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "The example of the hypocrite and the miser is like that of two men who have two gardens beside them. As for the hypocrite, when he wants to spend (for charity), his garden expands until it reaches his feet, but then his influence evaporates. And as for the miser, when he wants to spend (for charity), every ring remains in its place and does not expand. He wants to widen it, but it does not widen."

ابن حبّان:٣٣١٣أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بْنِ وَرْدَانَ بِمِصْرَ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَثَلُ الْمُنْفِقِ وَالْبَخِيلِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ مِنْ لَدُنْ تَرَاقِيهِمَا إِلَى ثَدْيَيْهِمَا فَأَمَّا الْمُنْفِقُ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُنْفِقَ مَادَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَاتَّسَعَتْ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ قَدَمَيْهِ وَتَعْفُوَ أَثَرَهُ وَأَمَّا الْبَخِيلُ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُنْفِقَ أَخَذَتْ كُلُّ حَلْقَةٍ مَوْضِعَهَا وَلَزِمَتْ فَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُوَسِّعَهَا وَلَا تَتَّسِعُ فَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُوَسِّعَهَا وَلَا تَتَّسِعُ»