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Aisha counted a number of indigents. AbuDawud said: The other version has: She counted a number of sadaqahs. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Give and do not calculate, so calculation will be made against you. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1700)

السيوطي:٣٥١٩a –

"أعْطِي ولا تُحْصِي فيُحصَى عليكِ".

[د] أبو داود عن عائشة

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abudawud:1700 – Musaddad > Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > ʿĀʾishah > Dhakarat ʿIddah from Masākīn > Abū Dāwud > Ghayruh or ʿIddah from Ṣadaqah

Aisha counted a number of indigents. AbuDawud said: The other version has: She counted a number of sadaqahs. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Give and do not calculate, so calculation will be made against you.

أبو داود:١٧٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا ذَكَرَتْ عِدَّةً مِنْ مَسَاكِينَ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ أَوْ عِدَّةً مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ فَقَالَ

لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَعْطِي وَلاَ تُحْصِي فَيُحْصِيَ عَلَيْكِ

ahmad:24773 – Surayj > Nāfiʿ > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿĀʾishah Taṣaddaqat Bishayʾ Faʾamarat Barīrah > Taʾtiyahā Fatanẓur Ilayh

[Machine] It is for her, the Prophet ﷺ said, "You cannot count, but you will be counted."

أحمد:٢٤٧٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعٌ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ تَصَدَّقَتْ بِشَيْءٍ فَأَمَرَتْ بَرِيرَةَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهَا فَتَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ

لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا تُحْصِي فَيُحْصَى عَلَيْكِ

tabarani:20708 – Muṣʿab b. Ibrāhīm b. Ḥamzah al-Zubayrī from my father > Sufyān b. Ḥamzah > Kathīr b. Zayd > al-Muṭṭalib b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥanṭab > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Do not count, for you will be counted upon.'"

الطبراني:٢٠٧٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ ثنا أَبِي ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حَنْطَبٍ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تُحْصِي فَيُحْصَى عَلَيْكِ»