Asking When There Is No Alternative
Darussalam · Volume 3
23. The Book Of Zakâh(المعجم ٢٣) - كتاب الزَّكَاةSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2601 ¦ الجزء: 5 ¦ الصفحة: 100
Source no. 2601 · Volume 1 · Page 36
Sahih
صحيح، مضى (٦٠) // (٢٣٧١) //
Source no. 2438 · Volume 2 · Page 551
Sahih
(صحيح) - ق، مضى ٦٠ [٢٣٧١].
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2602. It was narrated that Hakîm bin Hizâm said: "I asked the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me. Then he said: 'This wealth is attractive and sweet.' Whoever takes it without insisting, it will be blessed for him, and whoever takes it with avarice, it will not be blessed for him. He is like one who eats and is not satisfied. And the upper hand is better than the lower hand.” (Sahîh)
2601 - أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ، عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَعْطَانِي، ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ، فَأَعْطَانِي، ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ، فَأَعْطَانِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ، فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِطِيبِ نَفْسٍ، بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ، وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ، لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ، وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ، وَلَا يَشْبَعُ، وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا، خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى»
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“Blessed” means even a small quantity of possessions or wealth becomes sufficient, and the lack of blessedness denotes that even in the presence of abundant wealth, one remains poor.