الْحَكَمُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ

[Machine] I entered the mosque of Homs, and there was Abu Umamah in it. He was spitting in it and burying lice in it. So I sat with him and he said the tasbeeh (Glorifying Allah) three times, and the takbeer (Saying Allah is the Greatest) three times and the tahmeed (Praising Allah) three times. Then he said, "Good deeds weigh lightly on the tongue, but heavily on the scales, and they ascend to the Most Merciful. So I said, 'O Abu Umamah, I am one of the people of the desert, and indeed the people who give sadaqah (charity) used to surpass us.' He said, 'Sadaqah is a right, and it is sold in the Fire, the saying of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, 'Give in charity and do not hide it lest you be deprived of its reward. And when you meet them (the poor), do not insult them and seek Allah's protection from their harm.'"  

دَخَلْتُ مَسْجِدَ حِمْصٍ فَإِذَا فِيهِ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ يَتَفَلَّى فِيهِ وَيَدْفِنُ الْقَمْلَ فِيهِ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَسَبَّحَ ثَلَاثًا وَكَبَّرَ ثَلَاثًا وَحَمِدَ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ خَفِيفَاتٌ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ ثَقِيلَاتٌ فِي الْمِيزَانِ تَصْعَدْنَ إِلَى الرَّحْمَنِ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ أَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ وَإِنَّ الْمُصَّدِّقِينَ كَانُوا يَتَعَدَّوْنَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ الصَّدَقَةُ حَقٌّ وَتباعها فِي النَّارِ قَوْلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ «قَصَّرَ أَوْ تَعَدَّى جِيئُوا بِالْمَالِ وَافِدًا وَلَا تُغَيِّبُوا مِنْهَا فَتَخْبِثُوا مَا غَيَّبْتُمْ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُمْ فَلَا تَسُبُّوهُمْ وَاسْتَعِيذُوا بِاللهِ مِنْ شَرِّهِمْ»