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The Likeness Of The Giver And The Miser

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Darussalam · Volume 3

12. The Book Of Zakât

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الحديث: 1021 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 709

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[2361] 77 - (...) It was narrated that Abû Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: The likeness of the miser and the charity-giver is that of two men wearing coats of mail. Every time the giver thinks of giving charity, it expands for him until it erases his footsteps. But when the miser thinks of giving charity, it contracts and presses his hands against his collarbone, and each ring clings to its place." He said: "And I heard the Messenger of Allâh ﷻ saying: 'He tries to expand it but he cannot.'"

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77 - (1021) وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ، عَنْ وُهَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَثَلُ الْبَخِيلِ وَالْمُتَصَدِّقِ مَثَلُ رَجُلَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا جُنَّتَانِ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، إِذَا هَمَّ الْمُتَصَدِّقُ بِصَدَقَةٍ اتَّسَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ، حَتَّى تُعَفِّيَ أَثَرَهُ، وَإِذَا هَمَّ الْبَخِيلُ بِصَدَقَةٍ تَقَلَّصَتْ عَلَيْهِ، وَانْضَمَّتْ يَدَاهُ إِلَى تَرَاقِيهِ، وَانْقَبَضَتْ كُلُّ حَلْقَةٍ إِلَى صَاحِبَتِهَا» قَالَ: فَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: «فَيَجْهَدُ أَنْ يُوَسِّعَهَا فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ»

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