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bukhari:1416 – Saʿīd b. Yaḥyá from my father > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī

Whenever Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered us to give in charity, we used to go to the market and work as porters and get a Mudd (a special measure of grain) and then give it in charity. (Those were the days of poverty) and today some of us have one hundred thousand.  

البخاري:١٤١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ

عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ ؓ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَمَرَنَا بِالصَّدَقَةِ انْطَلَقَ أَحَدُنَا إِلَى السُّوقِ فَتَحَامَلَ فَيُصِيبُ الْمُدَّ وَإِنَّ لِبَعْضِهِمُ الْيَوْمَ لَمِائَةَ أَلْفٍ  

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bukhari:2273 – Saʿīd b. Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd from my father > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī

Whenever Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered us to give in charity we would go to the market and work as porters to earn a Mudd (two handfuls) (of foodstuff) but now some of us have one-hundred thousand Dirhams or Diners. (The sub-narrator) Shaqiq said, "I think Abu Masʿud meant himself by saying (some of us) .  

البخاري:٢٢٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ

عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ ؓ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَمَرَ بِالصَّدَقَةِ انْطَلَقَ أَحَدُنَا إِلَى السُّوقِ فَيُحَامِلُ فَيُصِيبُ الْمُدَّ وَإِنَّ لِبَعْضِهِمْ لَمِائَةَ أَلْفٍ قَالَ مَا نُرَاهُ إِلاَّ نَفْسَهُ  

ahmad:22346 – Abū Usāmah > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿUqbah b. ʿAmr Abū Masʿūd

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to enjoin charity, then one of us would go out and carry goods for others until he earned a Mudd, but one of them nowadays has one hundred thousand (Dinar or Dirham).” Shaqiq said: "It was as if he was hinting that this was he himself." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4155)   

أحمد:٢٢٣٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ فَيَنْطَلِقُ أَحَدُنَا فَيُحَامِلُ فَيَجِيءُ بِالْمُدِّ وَإِنَّ لِبَعْضِهِمُ الْيَوْمَ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ قَالَ شَقِيقٌ فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ يُعَرِّضُ بِنَفْسِهِ  

tabarani:14662 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿUqbah b. ʿAmr

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to encourage giving charity. A man would come forward and contribute, and he would bring a handful (of charity), while for some of them the amount would reach one hundred thousand on that day." His brother said, "I witnessed that he would expose himself."  

الطبراني:١٤٦٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ فَيَنْطَلِقُ الرَّجُلُ فَيَتَحَامَلُ فَيَجِيءُ بِالْمُدِّ وَإِنَّ لِبَعْضِهِمُ الْيَوْمَ لَمِائَةَ أَلْفٍ» قَالَ شَقِيقُ فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ يُعَرِّضُ بِنَفْسِهِ  

tabarani:14663 – [Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿUqbah b. ʿAmr

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to command people to give charity. A man would then go and collect provisions and come back with a mountain of donations. Indeed, some of them would give up to a hundred thousand (dirhams). A miserable brother said, 'I saw that he would expose himself.'"  

الطبراني:١٤٦٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَا ثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ فَيَنْطَلِقُ الرَّجُلُ فَيَتَحَامَلُ فَيَجِيءُ بِالْمُدِّ وَإِنَّ لِبَعْضِهِمُ الْيَوْمَ لَمِائَةَ أَلْفٍ» قَالَ شَقِيقٌ فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ يُعَرِّضُ بِنَفْسِهِ