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A person is rewarded for what they intended even when the unintended happens

bukhari:1422Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Isrāʾīl > Abū al-Jūwayriyah > Maʿn b. Yazīd

My grandfather, my father and I gave the pledge of allegiance to Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ got me engaged and then got me married.

One day I went to the Prophet ﷺ with a complaint. My father Yazid had taken some gold coins for charity and kept them with a man in the mosque (to give them to the poor) But I went and took them and brought them to him (my father). My father said, "By Allah! I did not intend to give them to you. " I took (the case) to Messenger of Allah ﷺ . On that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Yazid, you will be rewarded for what you intended. O Ma'n, whatever you have taken is yours."  

البخاري:١٤٢٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْجُوَيْرِيَةِ أَنَّ مَعْنَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ ؓ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ

بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَأَبِي وَجَدِّي، وَخَطَبَ عَلَىَّ، فَأَنْكَحَنِي۔ وَخَاصَمْتُ إِلَيْهِ۔

وَكَانَ أَبِي يَزِيدُ أَخْرَجَ دَنَانِيرَ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِهَا، فَوَضَعَهَا عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ۔ فَجِئْتُ فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا۔ فَقَالَ: وَاللَّهِ مَا إِيَّاكَ أَرَدْتُ فَخَاصَمْتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: «لَكَ مَا نَوَيْتَ يَا يَزِيدُ وَلَكَ مَا أَخَذْتَ يَا مَعْنُ۔»  


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ahmad:15860Muṣʿab b. al-Miqdām And Muḥammad b. Sābiq > Isrāʾīl > Abū al-Jūwayriyah > Maʿn b. Yazīd

My grandfather, my father and I gave the pledge of allegiance to Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ got me engaged and then got me married. One day I went to the Prophet ﷺ with a complaint. My father Yazid had taken some gold coins for charity and kept them with a man in the mosque (to give them to the poor) But I went and took them and brought them to him (my father). My father said, "By Allah! I did not intend to give them to you. " I took (the case) to Messenger of Allah ﷺ . On that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Yazid, you will be rewarded for what you intended. O Ma'n, whatever you have taken is yours." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1422)  

أحمد:١٥٨٦٠حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَابِقٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي الْجُوَيْرِيَةِ أَنَّ مَعْنَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَهُ

قَالَ بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَأَبِي وَجَدِّي وَخَطَبَ عَلَيَّ فَأَنْكَحَنِي وَخَاصَمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَكَانَ أَبِي يَزِيدُ خَرَجَ بِدَنَانِيرَ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِهَا فَوَضَعَهَا عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا فَقَالَ وَاللهِ مَا إِيَّاكَ أَرَدْتُ بِهَا فَخَاصَمْتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَكَ مَا نَوَيْتَ يَا يَزِيدُ وَلَكَ يَا مَعْنُ مَا أَخَذْتَ  

darimi:1678Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Isrāʾīl > Abū al-Jūwayriyah al-Jarmī > Maʿn b. Yazīd

My grandfather, my father and I gave the pledge of allegiance to Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ got me engaged and then got me married. One day I went to the Prophet ﷺ with a complaint. My father Yazid had taken some gold coins for charity and kept them with a man in the mosque (to give them to the poor) But I went and took them and brought them to him (my father). My father said, "By Allah! I did not intend to give them to you. " I took (the case) to Messenger of Allah ﷺ . On that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Yazid, you will be rewarded for what you intended. O Ma'n, whatever you have taken is yours." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1422)  

الدارمي:١٦٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْجُوَيْرِيَةِ الْجَرْمِيُّ أَنَّ مَعْنَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَهُ

قَالَ بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَا وَأَبِي وَجَدِّي وَخَطَبَ عَلَيَّ فَأَنْكَحَنِي وَخَاصَمْتُ إِلَيْهِ وكَانَ أَبِي يَزِيدُ أَخْرَجَ دَنَانِيرَ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِهَا فَوَضَعَهَا عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَجِئْتُ فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ مَا إِيَّاكَ أَرَدْتُ بِهَا فَخَاصَمْتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَكَ مَا نَوَيْتَ يَا يَزِيدُ وَلَكَ يَا مَعْنُ مَا أَخَذْتَ»  

tabarani:17181[Chain 1] Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Najdah al-Ḥawṭī > Aḥmad b. Khālid al-Dhahabī [Chain 2] ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ḍabbī > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > Isrāʾīl > Abū al-Jūwayriyah > Maʿn b. Yazīd al-Sulamī

[Machine] I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , along with my father and grandfather. Ali proposed to me and married me. I argued with him and he left a mark on me. My father brought two dinars to give as charity and he left them with a man. I took them and brought them to Ali. He said, "By Allah, I did not intend for you what you thought. O Yazid, you can keep what you took, O Ma'n."  

الطبراني:١٧١٨١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ نَجْدَةَ الْحَوْطِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الذَّهَبِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءَ قَالَا ثنا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي الْجُوَيْرِيَةِ عَنْ مَعْنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ

بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَأَبِي وَجَدِّي وَخَطَبَ عَلِيَّ فَأَنْكَحَنِي وَخَاصَمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَفَلَجَنِي وَكَانَ أَبِي جَاءَ بِدِينَارَيْنِ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِهِمَا فَوَضَعَهُمَا عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ فَأَخَذْتُهُمَا فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهِمَا فَقَالَ وَاللهِ مَا إِيَّاكَ أَرَدْتُ فَخَاصَمْتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَكَ مَا نَوَيْتَ يَا يَزِيدُ وَلَكَ يَا مَعْنُ مَا أَخَذْتَ»  

bayhaqi:13253Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Ḥalīm al-Marwazī > Abū al-Muwajjih > ʿAbdān > ʿAbdullāh > Isrāʾīl > Abū al-Jūwayriyah al-Jarmī > Maʿn b. Yazīd al-Sulamī > Bāyaʿt Rasūl

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, my father, my grandfather, and a man proposed to me and I married him. I argued with him and my father gave me dinars to give in charity. I placed them with a man in the mosque and went to retrieve them. I took them and brought them back to my father. He said, 'By Allah, I did not mean for you to do that.' So, I argued with him in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said to me, 'Yazid, you had no intention in this, and you, Ma'n, what did you take?'"  

البيهقي:١٣٢٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَلِيمٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو الْمُوَجِّهِ أنبأ عَبْدَانُ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ أنبأ إِسْرَائِيلُ ثنا أَبُو الْجُوَيْرِيَةِ الْجَرْمِيُّ أَنَّ مَعْنَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ السُّلَمِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ بَايَعْتُ

رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَأَبِي وَجَدِّي وَخَطَبَ عَلَيَّ فَأَنْكَحَنِي وَخَاصَمْتُ إِلَيْهِ كَانَ أَبِي يَزِيدُ خَرَجَ بِدَنَانِيرَ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِهَا فَوَضَعَهَا عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَجِئْتُ فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا فَقَالَ وَاللهِ مَا إِيَّاكَ أَرَدْتُ بِهَا فَخَاصَمْتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَكَ مَا نَوَيْتَ يَا يَزِيدُ وَلَكَ يَا مَعْنُ مَا أَخَذْتَ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَهَذَا يَحْتَمِلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ وَرَدَ فِي صَدَقَةِ التَّطَوُّعِ فَأَمَّا الْفَرْضُ فَقَدْ رُوِّينَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَا تَحِلُّ الصَّدَقَةُ لِغَنِيٍّ وَلَا لِذِي مِرَّةٍ سَوِيٍّ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَيْسَ لِوَلَدٍ وَلَا لِوَالِدٍ حَقٌّ فِي صَدَقَةٍ مَفْرُوضَةٍ وَرُوِّينَا عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ مَا دَلَّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ