al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 2398
✧ Whoever Allah gives wealth to without asking for it
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أَخْبَرَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ أَنَّ حُوَيْطِبَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ السَّعْدِيِّ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ قَدِمَ عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فِي خِلَافَتِهِ فَقَالَ
لَهُ عُمَرُ أَلَمْ أُحَدَّثْ أَنَّكَ تَلِي مِنْ أَعْمَالِ النَّاسِ أَعْمَالًا فَإِذَا أُعْطِيتَ الْعُمَالَةَ رَدَدْتَهَا؟ فَقُلْتُ بَلَى فَقَالَ عُمَرُ فَمَا تُرِيدُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ؟ قُلْتُ لِي أَفْرَاسٌ وَأَعْبُدٌ وَأَنَا بِخَيْرٍ وَأُرِيدُ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَمَلِي صَدَقَةً عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ فَلَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أَرَدْتُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي أَرَدْتَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُعْطِينِي الْعَطَاءَ فَأَقُولُ لَهُ أَعْطِهِ أَفْقَرَ إِلَيْهِ مِنِّي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خُذْهُ تَمَوَّلْهُ أَوْ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ مَا جَاءَكَ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَالِ وَأَنْتَ غَيْرُ مُشْرِفٍ وَلَا سَائِلٍ فَخُذْهُ وَمَا لَا فَلَا تُتْبِعْهُ نَفْسَكَ»
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Chain of narrators
- Kathīr b. ʿUbayd al-Ḥimṣī
- Muḥammad b. Ḥarb
- al-Zubaydī
- al-Zuhrī
- al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd
- Ḥūwayṭib b. ʿAbd al-ʿUzzá
- ʿAbdullāh b. al-Saʿdī
✧ Umar said to him, “Was I not told that you take charge of some of the people’s work, and when you are given remuneration you return it?” I said, “Yes.” Umar said, “What do you intend by that?” I said, “I have horses and slaves and I am well-off, and I want my work to be charity for the Muslims.” Umar said, “Do not do that, for I intended the same as you intended. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to give me a gift and I would say to him, ‘Give it to someone poorer than me.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Take it, keep it as wealth or give it as charity. Whatever comes to you of this wealth while you are not greedy or asking, take it; and whatever is not like that, do not let your soul pursue it.’”
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