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bukhari:3117Muḥammad b. Sinān > Fulayḥ > Hilāl > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū ʿAmrah > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Neither do I give you (anything) nor withhold (anything) from you, but I am just a distributor (i.e. Qasim), and I give as I am ordered."  

البخاري:٣١١٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِلاَلٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا أُعْطِيكُمْ وَلاَ أَمْنَعُكُمْ أَنَا قَاسِمٌ أَضَعُ حَيْثُ أُمِرْتُ  


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abudawud:2949Salamah b. Shabīb > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hammām b. Munabbih > Hadhā Mā > Bih Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: It is not on my own that I give you or withhold from you: I am just a treasure, putting it where I have been commanded.  

أبو داود:٢٩٤٩حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ قَالَ هَذَا مَا حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أُوتِيكُمْ مِنْ شَىْءٍ وَمَا أَمْنَعُكُمُوهُ إِنْ أَنَا إِلاَّ خَازِنٌ أَضَعُ حَيْثُ أُمِرْتُ  

ahmad:10257Surayj > Fulayḥ > Hilāl b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū ʿAmrah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "By Allah, I neither give you nor prevent you (from anything), but I am only a distributor placing (things) where I am commanded."  

أحمد:١٠٢٥٧حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجٌ حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِلَالُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَاللهِ مَا أُعْطِيكُمْ وَلَا أَمْنَعُكُمْ وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا قَاسِمٌ أَضَعُهُ حَيْثُ أُمِرْتُ