Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 16272a

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"A man said: 'Tonight I will surely give charity.' So he went out with his charity and placed it in the hand of a thief. In the morning people were saying: 'Charity was given to a thief last night!' He said: 'O Allah, to You belongs all praise, even for a thief. I will surely give charity.' So he went out with his charity and placed it in the hand of an adulteress. In the morning people were saying: 'Charity was given to an adulteress last night!' He said: 'O Allah, to You belongs all praise, even for an adulteress. I will surely give charity.' So he went out with his charity and placed it in the hand of a rich man. In the morning people were saying: 'Charity was given to a rich man last night!' He said: 'O Allah, to You belongs all praise, for a thief, for an adulteress, and for a rich man.' Then someone came to him and it was said to him: 'As for your charity to the thief, perhaps it will make him abstain from his theft; as for the adulteress, perhaps she will abstain from her fornication; and as for the rich man, perhaps he will take a lesson and spend from what Allah has given him.'"

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