Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 19824a
"مَثَلُ الْبخيلِ والْمُتَصَدِّق كَمَثَلِ رَجُلَين عَليهمَا جُبَّتَانِ منْ حَدِيدٍ مِنْ ثُدِيِّهِما إِلَى تَرَاقِيهمَا، فأَمَّا الْمُنْفِقُ فَلَا يُنْفِقُ إلا سَبغَتْ أَوْ وَقَرَتْ عَلَي جلْدِهِ حَتَّى تُخْفِي بَنَانَهُ، أَوْ تعفوَ أَثَرَهُ، وأَمَّا الْبخِيلُ فَلَا يُريدُ أَنْ يُنْفِقَ شيئًا إِلَّا لَزِقَتْ كُلُّ حَلقَةٍ مكَانَهَا، فَهُو يُوسِّعُهَا فَلَا تَتَّسِعُ".
Translation
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"The example of the miser and the one who gives charity is like two men wearing coats of iron from their breasts to their collarbones. As for the one who gives charity, he does not spend except that the coat expands over his skin until it covers his fingertips and erases his traces. As for the miser, he does not wish to spend anything except that each ring clings to its place, and he tries to widen it but it does not widen."
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Notes
[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري () [ن] النسائي [حب] ابن حبّان عن أَبي هريرة
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