Sahih al-Bukhari 2311

Translation

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ put me in charge of guarding the zakah of Ramadan. Then someone came to me and began scooping up the food, so I seized him and said, "By Allah, I will surely take you to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said, "I am needy, I have dependents, and I am in severe need." So I let him go. In the morning, the Prophet ﷺ said, "O Abu Hurayrah, what did your captive do last night?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he complained of severe need and dependents, so I had mercy on him and let him go." He said, "Indeed, he lied to you, and he will return." So I knew that he would return because of the statement of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "He will return." So I lay in wait for him, and he came and began scooping up the food. I seized him and said, "I will surely take you to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said, "Leave me, for I am needy and I have dependents; I will not return." So I had mercy on him and let him go. In the morning, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "O Abu Hurayrah, what did your captive do?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he complained of severe need and dependents, so I had mercy on him and let him go." He said, "Indeed, he lied to you, and he will return." So I lay in wait for him a third time, and he came and began scooping up the food. I seized him and said, "I will surely take you to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and this is the last of three times that you claim you will not return, then you return." He said, "Leave me, and I will teach you words by which Allah will benefit you." I said, "What is it?" He said, "When you go to your bed, recite Ayat al-Kursi: "Allah, there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer," until you finish the verse, for there will continue to be a guardian over you from Allah, and no devil will come near you until morning." So I let him go. In the morning, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "What did your captive do last night?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he claimed that he would teach me words by which Allah will benefit me, so I let him go." He said, "What are they?" I said, "He said to me, 'When you go to your bed, recite Ayat al-Kursi from its beginning until you finish: "Allah, there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer," and he said to me, 'There will continue to be a guardian over you from Allah, and no devil will come near you until morning.'" And they were most eager for good. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, he told you the truth, though he is a liar. Do you know whom you have been speaking to for three nights, O Abu Hurayrah?" I said, "No." He said, "That was Satan."

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• Keutamaan Al-Qur'an 12عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ وَكَّلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِحِفْظِ زَكَاةِ رَمَضَانَ فَأَتَانِي آتٍ فَجَعَلَ يَحْثُو مِنَ الطَّعَامِ فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لأَرْفَعَنَّكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و
• Misykatul Mashabih 2123وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: وَكَّلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِحِفْظِ زَكَاةِ رَمَضَانَ فَأَتَانِي آتٍ فَجَعَلَ يَحْثُو من الطَّعَام فَأَخَذته وَقلت وَالله لَأَرْفَعَنَّكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ ا
• Shahih al-Bukhari 3275وَكَّلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِحِفْظِ زَكَاةِ رَمَضَانَ فَأَتَانِي آتٍ فَجَعَلَ يَحْثُو مِنَ الطَّعَامِ فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لأَرْفَعَنَّكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ فَاقْرَأْ آيَةَ
• Shahih al-Bukhari 5010وَكَّلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِحِفْظِ زَكَاةِ رَمَضَانَ فَأَتَانِي آتٍ فَجَعَلَ يَحْثُو مِنَ الطَّعَامِ فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لأَرْفَعَنَّكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَصَّ الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ فَاقْرَأْ آيَةَ ا

Other narrations of this report

Sunan ad-Darimi 3428al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 5932al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 5933al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 5934

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
   Muḥammad b. Sīrīn

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid), of great standing; he did not permit narration by meaning.d. 110 AH
   محمد بن سيرينثقة ثبت عابد كبير القدر ، كان لا يرى الرواية بالمعنى
   عن
3. 3
   ʿAwf b. Abī Jamīlah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), accused of Qadarism and Shīʿismd. 146 AH, or 147 AH
   عوف بن أبي جميلةثقة رمي بالقدر وبالتشيع
   حدثنا
4. 4
   ʿUthmān b. al-Haytham b. al-Jahm

   trustworthy (thiqah), his memory changed and he became susceptible to prompting (talqīn)d. 220 AH, or: 218 AH
   عثمان بن الهيثم العصريثقة ، تغير فصار يتلقن
   قال
5. 5
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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