Sahih al-Bukhari 2273

Book 37: Hiring · Hadith 13

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَمَرَ بِالصَّدَقَةِ انْطَلَقَ أَحَدُنَا إِلَى السُّوقِ فَيُحَامِلُ فَيُصِيبُ الْمُدَّ، وَإِنَّ لِبَعْضِهِمْ لَمِائَةَ أَلْفٍ، قَالَ مَا نُرَاهُ إِلاَّ نَفْسَهُ‏.‏

Narrated Abu Mas'ud Al-Ansari:Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered us to give in charity we would go to the market and work as porters to earn a Mudd (two handfuls) (of foodstuff) but now some of us have one-hundred thousand Dirhams or Dinars. (The sub-narrator) Shaqiq said, "I think Abu Mas`ud meant himself by saying (some of us)

Abu Mas'ud Al-Ansari (رضی اللہ عنہ) bataate hain: Jab bhi Allah ke Rasool humein sadqa dene ka hukum dete, hum bazaar jate aur boojh uthane ka kaam karte taake ek Mudd (do mutthi bhar khaane ki cheez) kamaa sakein, magar aaj hum mein se kuch ke paas ek lakh Dirham ya Dinar hain. (Shaqiq, raawi ne kaha:) Mujhe lagta hai Abu Mas'ud ka matlab khud unse tha jab unhone "hum mein se kuch" kaha.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2273 · Book 37, Hadith 13

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