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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:1821 – Abū Bishr Bakr b. Khalaf > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > Ṣāliḥ b. Abū ʿArīb > Kathīr b. Murrah al-Ḥaḍramī > ʿAwf b. Mālik al-Ashjaʿī

Awf bin Malik Al-Ashja'i said: “The Messenger of Allah went out, and a man had hung up one or more bunches of dates. He (the Prophet) had a stick in his hand and he started hitting that bunch of dates repeatedly, saying: 'If the owner of these dates wanted to give in charity, he should have given something better than these. The owner of this charity will eat rotten and shriveled dates on the Day of Resurrection.' ”  

ابن ماجة:١٨٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنِي صَالِحُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرِيبٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيِّ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ عَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ قِنَاءً أَوْ قِنْوًا وَبِيَدِهِ عَصًا فَجَعَلَ يَطْعَنُ بِذَلِكَ يُدَقْدِقُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْقِنْوِ وَيَقُولُ لَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةِ تَصَدَّقَ بِأَطْيَبَ مِنْهَا إِنَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةِ يَأْكُلُ الْحَشَفَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
nasai:2493 – Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > Ṣāliḥ b. Abū ʿArīb > Kathīr b. Murrah al-Ḥaḍramī > ʿAwf b. Mālik

"The Messenger of Allah came out with a stick in his hand, and a man had hung up a bunch of dry and bad dates. He started hitting that bunch of dates and said: 'I wish that the one who gave this Sadaqah had given something better than this, for the one who gave these dry, bad dates will eat dry, bad dates on the Day of Resurrection."'  

النسائي:٢٤٩٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي صَالِحُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرِيبٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَبِيَدِهِ عَصًا وَقَدْ عَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ قِنْوَ حَشَفٍ فَجَعَلَ يَطْعَنُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْقِنْوِ فَقَالَ لَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةِ تَصَدَّقَ بِأَطْيَبَ مِنْ هَذَا إِنَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةِ يَأْكُلُ حَشَفًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

abudawud:1608 – Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim al-Anṭākī > Yaḥyá / al-Qaṭṭān > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > Ṣāliḥ b. Abū ʿArīb > Kathīr b. Murrah > ʿAwf b. Mālik

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon us in the mosque, and he had a stick in his hand. A man hung there a bunch of hashaf. He struck the bunch with the stick, and said: If the owner of this sadaqah (alms) wishes to give a better one than it, he would give. The owner of this sadaqah will eat hashaf on the Day of Judgment.  

أبو داود:١٦٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ الأَنْطَاكِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى يَعْنِي الْقَطَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنِي صَالِحُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرِيبٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ وَبِيَدِهِ عَصًا وَقَدْ عَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا قِنًا حَشَفًا فَطَعَنَ بِالْعَصَا فِي ذَلِكَ الْقِنْوِ وَقَالَ لَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةِ تَصَدَّقَ بِأَطْيَبَ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ إِنَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةِ يَأْكُلُ الْحَشَفَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

ahmad:23998 – Yaḥyay b. Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd / Ibn Jaʿfar > Ṣāliḥ b. Abū ʿArīb > Kathīr b. Murrah al-Ḥaḍramī > ʿAwf b. Mālik al-Ashjaʿī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon us in the mosque, and he had a stick in his hand. A man hung there a bunch of hashaf. He struck the bunch with the stick, and said: If the owner of this sadaqah (alms) wishes to give a better one than it, he would give. The owner of this sadaqah will eat hashaf on the Day of Judgment. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1608)   

أحمد:٢٣٩٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَي بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي صَالِحُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرِيبٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ قَالَ

خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ دَخَلَ وَنَحْنُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَبِيَدِهِ عَصًا وَقَدْ عَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ أَقْنَاءَ حَشَفٍ فَطُعِنَ بِالْعَصَا فِي ذَلِكَ الْقِنْوِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةِ تَصَدَّقَ بِأَطْيَبَ مِنْ هَذَا إِنَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةِ يَأْكُلُ الْحَشَفَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

nasai-kubra:2284 – Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Yaḥyá / Ibn Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > Ṣāliḥ b. Abū ʿArīb > Kathīr b. Murrah al-Ḥaḍramī > ʿAwf b. Mālik al-Ashjaʿī

"The Messenger of Allah came out with a stick in his hand, and a man had hung up a bunch of dry and bad dates. He started hitting that bunch of dates and said: 'I wish that the one who gave this Sadaqah had given something better than this, for the one who gave these dry, bad dates will eat dry, bad dates on the Day of Resurrection."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2493)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٢٨٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي صَالِحُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرِيبٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَبِيَدِهِ عَصًا وَقَدْ عَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ قِنْوَ حَشَفٍ فَجَعَلَ يَطْعَنُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْقِنْوِ فَقَالَ «لَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةِ تَصَدَّقَ بِأَطْيَبَ مِنْ هَذَا إِنَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةِ يَأْكُلُ حَشَفًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»  

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السيوطي:١٧٨٨٩a –

"لَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةِ تَصَدَّقَ بِأطيَبَ منْهَا، إِنَّ رَبَّ هَذه الصَّدَقَةِ يَأكُلُ الحَشَفَ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ".  

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