مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 9057
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " مَثَلُ الْبَخِيلِ وَالْمُتَصَدِّقِ، مَثَلُ رَجُلَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا جُنَّتَانِ (١) مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، قَدِ اضْطُرَّتْ أَيْدِيهِمَا إِلَى تَرَاقِيهِمَا، فَكُلَّمَا هَمَّ الْمُتَصَدِّقُ بِصَدَقَةٍ، اتَّسَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى تُعَفِّيَ أَثَرَهُ، وَكُلَّمَا هَمَّ الْبَخِيلُ بِصَدَقَةٍ، انْقَبَضَتْ عَلَيْهِ كُلُّ حَلْقَةٍ مِنْهَا إِلَى صَاحِبَتِهَا، وَتَقَلَّصَتْ عَلَيْهِ "، قَالَ: فَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعْنِي يَقُولُ: " فَيَجْهَدُ أَنْ يُوَسِّعَهَا فَلَا تَتَّسِعُ " (٢)،
Translation
English translation
It is narrated from Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: The example of a miser and a spender is like that of two men who are wearing iron armor from their chest to their collarbone. Whenever the spender spends something, the armor expands in proportion to his spending and it opens up for him, while the miser’s armor becomes tighter and tighter. I heard the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) further say that the miser tries to loosen it, but he is unable to do so.
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This is Hadith 9057 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 30, Musnad of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), as in-book entry 1939.
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مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 9057
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