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ذِكْرُ السَّبَبِ الَّذِي بِهَ يَصِيرُ السَّائِلُ مُلْحِفًا

ibnhibban:3390ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī > ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Rijāl > ʿUmārah b. Ghaziyyah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī from his father

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever asks for a nice camel to ride, then he is a staller." I said, "The precious gemstone is better than a camel." He said, "And the camel is worth forty dirhams."  

ابن حبّان:٣٣٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْبُخَارِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ سَأَلَ وَلَهُ أُوقِيَّةٌ فَهُوَ مُلْحِفٌ» قَالَ قُلْتُ الْيَاقُوتَةُ نَاقَتِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُوقِيَّةٍ قَالَ وَالْأُوقِيَّةُ أَرْبَعُونَ دِرْهَمًا