Sunan an-Nasa'i 2548

Translation

"The parable of the miser and the one who gives in charity is that of two men wearing coats of mail with their hands tied to their collarbones. Every time the one who gives thinks of giving in charity, the (coat of mail) expands until it obliterates his traces, and every time the miser thinks of giving charity, every circle (of the coat of mail) contracts and sticks to him, and his hand is tied up to his collarbones." I heard the Messenger of Allah say: "He tries to expand it, but he cannot."

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 5797Sahih Muslim 1021bSahih Muslim 1021cMusnad Ahmad 10770Musnad Ahmad 9057al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 2341

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   Ṭāwūs b. Kaysān

   trustworthy (thiqah), jurist (faqīh), virtuous (fāḍil)d. 100 AH, or: 101 AH, or: 103 AH, or: 104 AH, or: 105 AH, or: 106 AH, or after: 110 AH
   أَبِيهِثقة فقيه فاضل
   عن
3. 3
   Ibn Ṭāwūs

   trustworthy (thiqah), virtuous (fāḍil), devout (ʿābid)d. 131 AH, or 132 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ طَاوُسٍثقة ، فاضل ، عابد
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Wuhayb

   memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), trustworthy and reliable (thiqah thabt), but he changed slightly at the end of his lifed. 165 AH, also said: 169 AH
   وُهَيْبٌالحافظ ، ثقة ثبت ، لكنه تغير قليلا بآخره
   حدثنا
5. 5
   ʿAffān

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 219 AH, or 220 AH
   عَفَّانُثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Sulaymān

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 261 AH
   أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَثقة حافظ
   أخبرنا
7. 7
   al-Nasāʾī

   the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AH
   النَّسَائِيُّالحافظ

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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.