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Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 553

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In-book entry
553

Chapter 59

Chapter context: Excellence of Generosity and Spending in a Good cause with Reliance on Allah

- باب الكرم والجود والإنفاق فى وجوه الخير ثقة بالله تعالى

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

وعن عمر رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ قسم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قسماً، فقلت‏:‏ يا رسول الله لغير هؤلاء كانوا أحق به منهم‏؟‏ فقال‏:‏ ‏

‏إنهم خيروني أن يسألوني بالفحش فأعطيهم، أو يبخلوني، ولست بباخل‏

‏ ‏.‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه مسلم‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

Translation

English translation

'Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) distributed some wealth and I said to him, "O Messenger of Allah! Do you not think that there are other people who are more deserving than these whom you gave." He (ﷺ) said, "They had, in fact, left no alternative for me except either they should beg of me importunately or they would regard me as a miser; but I am not a miser." [Muslim].

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 553 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 553 under the chapter “Excellence of Generosity and Spending in a Good cause with Reliance on Allah.”

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Reference details

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Source and grading notes

Arabic/English book : Book 1, Hadith 554

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