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tabarani:20805 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

[Machine] To me, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Spend and do not count, for it will be counted against you."  

الطبراني:٢٠٨٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا وَكِيعٌ كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَتْ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَنْفِقِي وأَرْضِخِي وَلَا تُحْصِي فَيُحْصَى عَلَيْكِ» بَابٌ  

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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:26922 – Abū Muʿāwiyah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

[Machine] For the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , I implore you to either disperse or submit, or spend, and do not withhold for surely Allah will awaken against you, and do not calculate for surely Allah will calculate against you.  

أحمد:٢٦٩٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَتْ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ انْفَحِي أَوْ ارْضَخِي أَوْ أَنْفِقِي وَلَا تُوعِي فَيُوعِيَ اللهُ عَلَيْكِ وَلَا تُحْصِي فَيُحْصِيَ اللهُ عَلَيْكِ  

ahmad:26934 – Ibn Numayr > Hishām > Fāṭimah > Asmāʾ

[Machine] The translation of the passage into English is:

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her 'Spend or withhold, and do not count, for Allah will count against you. And do not restrict, for Allah will restrict against you.'"  

أحمد:٢٦٩٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهَا أَنْفِقِي أَوْ ارْضَخِي وَلَا تُحْصِي فَيُحْصِيَ اللهُ عَلَيْكِ وَلَا تُوعِي فَيُوعِيَ اللهُ عَلَيْكِ