al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 2408
✧ The purchase of his charity
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ
سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ حَمَلْتُ عَلَى فَرَسٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَأَضَاعَهُ الَّذِي كَانَ عِنْدَهُ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَبْتَاعَهُ مِنْهُ وَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ بَائِعُهُ بِرُخْصٍ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَا تَشْتَرِهِ وَإِنْ أَعْطَاكَهُ بِدِرْهَمٍ فَإِنَّ الْعَائِدَ فِي صَدَقَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»
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Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Salamah And al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn
- Ibn al-Qāsim
- Mālik
- Zayd b. Aslam from his father
- ʿUmar
✧ I heard Umar say, "I gave a horse in the path of Allah, but the one who had it neglected it. I wanted to buy it from him, thinking he would sell it cheaply. I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that, and he said, 'Do not buy it, even if he gives it to you for a dirham, for the one who takes back his sadaqah is like a dog returning to its vomit.'"
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