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tabarani:17809ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Khālid b. Makhlad > Mūsá b. Yaʿqūb al-Zamʿī > ʿAmmatī Quraybah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Ummihā Karīmah b. al-Miqdād b. ʿAmr > Ḍubāʿah b. al-Zubayr Wakānat Taḥt al-Miqdād

[Machine] About Duba'ah bint Al-Zubair, who was under the custody of Al-Miqdad, she said: "People used to go to fulfill their needs and come back after two or three days. They would come back extremely exhausted, just like a camel after a long journey. One day, Al-Miqdad went out to fulfill his needs until he reached Al-Khabkhabah, which is located in Baqi' Al-Gharqad. He entered a ruin to relieve himself. While he was sitting, a rat came out of its hole with a dinar (gold coin). It kept coming out and bringing dinars, one after another, until it reached seventeen dinars. I took them and came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him about the incident. He asked me, 'Did you follow the rat's hole?' I replied, 'No, by the One who sent you with the truth.' He said, 'Then it is a blessing from Allah upon you.' Duba'ah said, 'The dinars did not last long before I saw the corners of the leaves in the house of Al-Miqdad.'"  

الطبراني:١٧٨٠٩حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الزَّمْعِيُّ حَدَّثَتْنِي عَمَّتِي قُرَيْبَةُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ أُمِّهَا كَرِيمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

عَنْ ضُبَاعَةَ بِنْتِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَ الْمِقْدَادِ قَالَتْ كَانَ النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا يَذْهَبُونَ لِحَاجَتِهِمْ فَرَطَ الْيَوْمَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَةِ فَيَبْعُرُونَ كَمَا تَبْعَرُ الْبَعِيرُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ خَرَجَ الْمِقْدَادُ لِحَاجَتِهِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْخَبْخَبَةَ وَهُوَ بِبَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ فَدَخَلَ خَرِبَةً لِحَاجَتِهِ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ إِذْ أَخْرَجَ جُرَذٌ مِنْ جُحْرٍ دِينَارًا فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُخْرِجُ دِينَارًا دِينَارًا حَتَّى بَلَغَ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ دِينَارًا فَخَرَجْتُ بِهَا حَتَّى جِئْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرَهَا فَقَالَ «هَلِ اتَّبَعَتْ يَدُكَ الْجُحْرَ؟» فَقُلْتُ لَا وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ فَقَالَ «لَا صَدَقَةَ عَلَيْكَ فِيهَا بَارَكَ اللهُ لَكَ فِيهَا» قَالَتْ ضُبَاعَةُ «فَمَا فَنِيَ آخِرُهَا حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ غَدَائِرَ الْوَرِقِ فِي بَيْتِ الْمِقْدَادِ»  


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ibnmajah:2508Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Khālid b. ʿAthmah > Mūsá b. Yaʿqūb al-Zamʿī > ʿAmmatī Quraybah b. ʿAbdullāh > Ummahā Karīmah b. al-Miqdād b. ʿAmr > Ḍubāʿah b. al-Zubayr > al-Miqdād b. ʿAmr

That he went out one day to Al-Baqi', which is the graveyard, to relieve himself. People used to go out to relieve themselves only every two or three days, and their faces was like that of a camel (because of hunger and rough food). Then he entered a ruin and while he was squatting to relieve himself, he saw a rat bringing a Dinar out of a hole, then it went in and brought out another, until it had brought out seventeen Dinars. Then it brought out a piece of red rag.Miqdad said: “I picked up the rag and found another Dinar inside it, thus completing eighteen Dinar. I took them out and brought them to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and told him what had happened. I said, 'Take its Sadaqah (charity), O Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said: 'Take them back, for no Sadaqah is due on them. May Allah (SWT) bless them for you.' Then he said: 'Perhaps you put your hand in the hole?' I said: 'No, by the One Who has honored you with the truth.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٥٠٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَثْمَةَ حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الزَّمْعِيُّ حَدَّثَتْنِي عَمَّتِي قُرَيْبَةُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ أُمَّهَا كَرِيمَةَ بِنْتَ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو أَخْبَرَتْهَا عَنْ ضُبَاعَةَ بِنْتِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنِ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ وَهُوَ الْمَقْبُرَةُ لِحَاجَتِهِ وَكَانَ النَّاسُ لاَ يَذْهَبُ أَحَدُهُمْ فِي حَاجَتِهِ إِلاَّ فِي الْيَوْمَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَةِ فَإِنَّمَا يَبْعَرُ كَمَا تَبْعَرُ الإِبِلُ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ خَرِبَةً فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ لِحَاجَتِهِ إِذْ رَأَى جُرَذًا أَخْرَجَ مِنْ جُحْرٍ دِينَارًا ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فَأَخْرَجَ آخَرَ حَتَّى أَخْرَجَ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ دِينَارًا ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ طَرَفَ خِرْقَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ قَالَ الْمِقْدَادُ فَسَلَلْتُ الْخِرْقَةَ فَوَجَدْتُ فِيهَا دِينَارًا فَتَمَّتْ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ دِينَارًا فَخَرَجْتُ بِهَا حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ بِهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرَهَا فَقُلْتُ خُذْ صَدَقَتَهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ارْجِعْ بِهَا لاَ صَدَقَةَ فِيهَا بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَعَلَّكَ أَتْبَعْتَ يَدَكَ فِي الْجُحْرِ قُلْتُ لاَ وَالَّذِي أَكْرَمَكَ بِالْحَقِّ قَالَ فَلَمْ يَفْنَ آخِرُهَا حَتَّى مَاتَ