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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ النَّفَقَةَ لِمُرْتَبِطِ الْخَيْلِ وَمُحْبِسِهَا تَكُونُ كَالصَّدَقَةِ

ibnhibban:4675Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Ibn Abū al-Sarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The example of the one who spends in the cause of Allah is like the one who holds back his horse from moving fast." We asked Ma'mar, "What does it mean to hold back the horse from moving fast?" He replied, "It means to give with both hands."  

ابن حبّان:٤٦٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَأَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَثَلُ الْمُنْفِقِ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ كَالْمُتَكَفِّفِ بِالصَّدَقَةِ» فَقُلْنَا لِمَعْمَرٍ مَا الْمُتَكَفِّفُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ؟ قَالَ «الَّذِي يُعْطَى بِكَفَّيْهِ»