رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 264
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Chapter 32
Chapter context: Benevolent Treatment towards Orphans, Girls, the Weak, the Poor and the Humble Persons
- باب ملاطفة اليتيم والبنات وسائر الضعفة والمساكين والمنكسرين والإحسان إليهم والشفقة عليهم والتواضع معهم، وخفض الجناح لهم
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Original Arabic
وعنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم:
ليس المسكين الذي ترده التمرة والتمرتان، ولا اللقمة واللقمتان إنما المسكين الذي يتعفف
((متفق عليه)).
Translation
English translation
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "A Miskin (needy) is not the one who can be turned away with a date-fruit or two, or a morsel or two. The true Miskin is one who, despite his poverty, abstains from begging". [Al- Bukhari and Muslim].
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This is Hadith 264 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 264 under the chapter “Benevolent Treatment towards Orphans, Girls, the Weak, the Poor and the Humble Persons.”
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