al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1181
✧ Urging charity and its virtue
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وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُطِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ زِيَادٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ ؓ قَالَ:
أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا دَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: هَذَا سَيِّدُ أَهْلِ الْوَبَرِ. فَسَلَّمْتُ، ثُمَّ جَلَسْتُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا الْمَالُ الَّذِي لَا يَكُونُ عَلَيَّ فِيهِ تَبِعَةٌ مِنْ ضَيْفٍ ضَافَنِي، أَوْ عِيَالٍ إِنْ كَثُرُوا ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: نِعْمَ الْمَالُ الْأَرْبَعُونَ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ، وَالْأَكْثَرُ سِتُّونَ، وَوَيْلٌ لِأَصْحَابِ الْمِئِينَ، إِلَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى فِي رِسْلِهَا، وَنَجْدَتِهَا، وَأَفْقَرَ ظَهْرَهَا، وَأَطْرَقَ فَحْلَهَا، وَنَحَرَ سَمِينَهَا، وَأَطْعَمَ الْقَانِعَ، وَالْمُعْتَرَّ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا أَكْرَمَ هَذِهِ الْأَخْلَاقَ وَأَحْسَنَهَا، إِنَّهُ لَا يُحَلُّ بِالْوَادِي الَّذِي أَنَا فِيهِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ إِبِلِي ؟ قَالَ: فَكَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ فِي الْمَنِيحَةِ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِنِّي لَأَمْنَحُ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ مِائَةً، قَالَ: كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ بِالْعَارِيَةِ ؟ قَالَ: يَغْدُو الْإِبِلُ، وَيَغْدُو النَّاسُ، فَمَنْ أَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ بَعِيرٍ ذَهَبَ بِهِ، قَالَ: كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ بِالْفِقَارِ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأُفْقِرُ الْبِكْرَ الضَّرْعَ، وَالنَّابَ الْمُدْبِرَ، قَالَ: ذَلِكَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ، أَوْ مَالُ مَوْلَاكَ ؟، قُلْتُ: بَلْ مَالِي، قَالَ: فَإِنَّمَا لَكَ فِي مَالِكَ مَا أَكَلْتَ فَأَفْنَيْتَ، أَوْ لَبِسْتَ فَأَبْلَيْتَ، أَوْ أَعْطَيْتَ فَأَمْضَيْتَ، وَمَا بَقِيَ فَلِمَوْلَاكَ، قُلْتُ: لِمَوْلَايَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قُلْتُ: أَمَا وَاللهِ لَئِنْ بَقِيتُ لَأَدَعَنَّ عِدَّتَهَا قَلِيلًا. قَالَ الْحَسَنُ: فَفَعَلَ
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Chain of narrators
- Abū Yaʿlá
- ʿAbdullāh b. Muṭīʿ
- Hushaym
- Ziyād
- al-Ḥasan b. Abū al-Ḥasan
- Qays b. ʿĀṣim
✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and when I drew near him I heard him say: "This is the chief of the desert dwellers." I greeted him, then sat down and said: "O Messenger of Allah, what wealth is there for which I will not be held accountable, from a guest who visits me or dependents if they become many?" He ﷺ said: "Excellent wealth is forty camels, and the most is sixty, and woe to the owners of hundreds, except one who gives in their milk, and their aid, and lends their backs for riding, and lends their stallion for breeding, and slaughters their fat ones, and feeds the contented beggar and the destitute." He said: I said: "O Messenger of Allah, how noble and excellent are these traits! Is it not permissible in the valley where I am, because of the abundance of my camels?" He said: "How do you deal with the milch camel given as a gift?" I said: "I give a hundred as gifts every year." He said: "How do you deal with lending?" I said: "The camels go out and the people go out, and whoever takes hold of a camel's head goes away with it." He said: "How do you deal with lending camels for riding?" I said: "I lend young she-camels in milk and old ones past breeding." He said: "Is that dearer to you, or the wealth of your master?" I said: "Rather my own wealth." He said: "You have of your wealth only what you eat and consume, or wear and wear out, or give and spend; and what remains is for your master." I said: "For my master?" He said: "Yes." I said: "By Allah, if I remain, I will leave their number small." Al-Hasan said: "And he did so."
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رَحِمَهُ اللهُ
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machine translationA good (ḥasan) hadith.
in المطالب العالية, p. 1181
Other narrations of this report
Sahih Muslim 2958aMusnad Ahmad 16322Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 35481al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11660al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 3969
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. between 41 and 50 AHقَيْس بْن عَاصِم بْن سِنَان السَّعْدِيصحابيعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), virtuous and well known; he would often narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl) and practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. 110 AHالْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِثقة فقيه ، فاضل مشهور ، وكان يرسل كثيرا ويدلسعن
- weak (ḍaʿīf)d. between 141 and 150 AHزِيَادٍضعيفعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), who often practiced tadlīs and hidden irsāl.d. 181 AH, or 183 AHهُشَيْمٌثقة ثبت كثير التدليس والإرسال الخفيحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 237 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُطِيعٍثقةحدثنا
- d. 307 AHأَبُو يَعْلَى
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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