Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 3136
✧ Reports disapproving of turning away a beggar, and that only one bent on ruin perishes despite Allah’s mercy
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سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ يَعْقُوبَ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ الشَّافِعِيَّ،
يَقُولُ: وَقَفَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ فَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيْ رَحِمَكَ اللهُ إنَّهُ مَرَّتْ بِنَا سِنُونَ ثَلَاثَةٌ، أَمَّا إِحْدَاهَا فَأَهْلَكَتِ الْمَوَاشِي، وَأَمَّا الثَّانِيَةُ فَأَنْضَتِ اللَّحْمَ، وَأَمَّا الثَّالِثَةُ فَخَلُصَتْ إِلَى الْعَظْمِ وَعِنْدَكَ مَالٌ، فَإِنْ يَكُ لِلَّهِ فَأَعْطِ عِبَادَ اللهِ، وَإِنْ يَكُ لَكَ فَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيْنَا إِنَّ اللهِ يَجْزِي الْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ، قَالَ: فَأَعْطَاهُ عَشْرَةَ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ، وَقَالَ: " لَوْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ يُحْسِنُونَ أَنْ يَسْأَلُوا هَكَذَا مَا حَرَمْنَا أَحَدًا "
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machine translationI heard Abū ʿAbdillāh al-Ḥāfiẓ say: I heard Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb say: I heard Muḥammad b. ʿAbdillāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam say: I heard al-Shāfiʿī say:
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He said: A Bedouin stood before ʿAbd al-Malik b. Marwān, greeted him with salām, and then said: "O you, may God have mercy on you, three years have passed over us. As for the first, it destroyed the livestock; as for the second, it wore away the flesh; and as for the third, it reached the bone. And you have wealth. If it belongs to God, then give it to the servants of God, and if it belongs to you, then give charity to us, for God rewards those who give charity." He said: So he gave him ten thousand dirhams, and said: "If people knew how to ask like this, we would not deprive anyone."
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