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bukhari:1411Ādam > Shuʿbah > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. And Hb

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "O people! Give in charity as a time will come upon you when a person will wander about with his object of charity and will not find anybody to accept it, and one (who will be requested to take it) will say, "If you had brought it yesterday, would have taken it, but today I am not in need of it."  

البخاري:١٤١١حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْبَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ تَصَدَّقُوا فَإِنَّهُ يَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ زَمَانٌ يَمْشِي الرَّجُلُ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَلاَ يَجِدُ مَنْ يَقْبَلُهَا يَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ لَوْ جِئْتَ بِهَا بِالأَمْسِ لَقَبِلْتُهَا فَأَمَّا الْيَوْمَ فَلاَ حَاجَةَ لِي بِهَا  


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bukhari:1424ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Shuʿbah > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. Wahbal-Khuzāʿī

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "(O people!) Give in charity (for Allah's cause) because a time will come when a person will carry his object of charity from place to place (and he will not find any person to take it) and any person whom he shall request to take it, I will reply, 'If you had brought it yesterday I would have taken it, but today I am not in need of it."  

البخاري:١٤٢٤حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَعْبَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ الْخُزَاعِيَّ ؓ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ تَصَدَّقُوا فَسَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ زَمَانٌ يَمْشِي الرَّجُلُ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَيَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ لَوْ جِئْتَ بِهَا بِالأَمْسِ لَقَبِلْتُهَا مِنْكَ فَأَمَّا الْيَوْمَ فَلاَ حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهَا  

muslim:1011[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Ibn Numayr > Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. Wahb

Give Sadaqa for a time is about to come when a person would walk with alms and the one whom it is to be given would say: Had you brought it yesterday, I would have accepted it. For the present I do not need it. (And the giver of Sadaqa) I would not find anyone to accept it.  

مسلم:١٠١١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ تَصَدَّقُوا فَيُوشِكُ الرَّجُلُ يَمْشِي بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَيَقُولُ الَّذِي أُعْطِيَهَا لَوْ جِئْتَنَا بِهَا بِالأَمْسِ قَبِلْتُهَا فَأَمَّا الآنَ فَلاَ حَاجَةَ لِي بِهَا فَلاَ يَجِدُ مَنْ يَقْبَلُهَا  

nasai:2555Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah

"I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Give charity, for there will come a time when a man will walk about with his charity, and the one to whom he wants to give it will say: If you had brought it yesterday I would have accepted it, but today (I have no need of it)."  

النسائي:٢٥٥٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ تَصَدَّقُوا فَإِنَّهُ سَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ زَمَانٌ يَمْشِي الرَّجُلُ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَيَقُولُ الَّذِي يُعْطَاهَا لَوْ جِئْتَ بِهَا بِالأَمْسِ قَبِلْتُهَا فَأَمَّا الْيَوْمَ فَلاَ  

ahmad:18726Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. And Hb

Give Sadaqa for a time is about to come when a person would walk with alms and the one whom it is to be given would say: Had you brought it yesterday, I would have accepted it. For the present I do not need it. (And the giver of Sadaqa) I would not find anyone to accept it. (Using translation from Muslim 1011)  

أحمد:١٨٧٢٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ تَصَدَّقُوا فَيُوشِكُ الرَّجُلُ يَمْشِي بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَيَقُولُ الَّذِي أُعْطِيَهَا لَوْ جِئْتَ بِهَا بِالْأَمْسِ قَبِلْتُهَا وَأَمَّا الْآنَ فَلَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهَا فَلَا يَجِدُ مَنْ يَقْبَلُهَا  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ فَتْحِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا الْأَمْوَالَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ

ibnhibban:6678ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. Wahbal-Khuzāʿī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Give in charity, for a day will come when one of you will pass by his charity and will not find anyone to accept it, and he will say, 'Why didn't I give it in my lifetime?' As for today, there is no need for it."  

ابن حبّان:٦٦٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ الْخُزَاعِيَّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «تَصَدَّقُوا فَسَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ يَوْمٌ يَمُرُّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَلَا يَجِدُ مَنْ يَقْبَلُهَا يَقُولُ فَهَلَّا قَبْلَ الْيَوْمِ فَأَمَّا الْيَوْمُ فَلَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهَا»  

tabarani:3259[Chain 1] Abū Zurʿah ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Dimashqī > Ādam [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Shuʿbah > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. And Hb

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "(O people!) Give in charity (for Allah's cause) because a time will come when a person will carry his object of charity from place to place (and he will not find any person to take it) and any person whom he shall request to take it, I will reply, 'If you had brought it yesterday I would have taken it, but today I am not in need of it." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1424)  

الطبراني:٣٢٥٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا آدَمُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ قَالَا ثنا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي مَعْبَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ تَصَدَّقُوا فَسَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ زَمَانٌ يَمْشِي الرَّجُلُ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَيَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ لَوْ جِئْتَ بِهَا بِالْأَمْسِ لَقَبِلْتُهَا فَأَمَّا الْيَوْمَ فَلَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهَا  

nasai-kubra:2347Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah

"I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Give charity, for there will come a time when a man will walk about with his charity, and the one to whom he wants to give it will say: If you had brought it yesterday I would have accepted it, but today (I have no need of it)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2555)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٣٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ تَصَدَّقُوا فَإِنَّهُ سَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ زَمَانٌ يَمْشِي الرَّجُلُ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَيَقُولُ الَّذِي يُعْطَاهَا لَوْ جِئْتَ بِهَا بِالْأَمْسِ قَبِلْتُهَا وَأَمَّا الْيَوْمَ فَلَا  

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"تَصَدقُوا، فَسَيَأتِى عَلَيكمْ زَمَان يَمْشِي الرَّجُلُ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَيَقُولُ الَّذِي يَأتِيهِ بهَا: لَوْ جِئْتَ بِهَا بِالأمْسِ لَقبِلتُهَا، فَأمَّا الآنَ فَلَا حَاجةَ لي فِيهَا، فَلَا يَجِدُ مَنْ يَقْبَلُهَا".  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [ن] النسائي وأبو عوانة، [حب] ابن حبّان [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن معبد بن خالد: عن حارثة بن وهب الخزاعى