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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 4517

وَعَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَتْ لَهُ أُمُّهُ : أَلَا نَنْطَلِقُ فَنَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَمَا يَسْأَلُهُ النَّاسُ ؟ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ فَوَجَدْتُهُ قَائِمًا يَخْطُبُ ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ : " مَنِ اسْتَعَفَّ أَعَفَّهُ اللَّهُ ، وَمَنِ اسْتَغْنَى أَغْنَاهُ اللَّهُ ، وَمَنْ سَأَلَ النَّاسَ وَلَهُ عِدْلُ خَمْسِ أَوَاقٍ فَقَدْ سَأَلَ إِلْحَافًا " . قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ - بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ نَفْسِي - : لَنَاقَةٌ لَهَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ خَمْسِ أَوَاقٍ ، وَلِفُلَانَةَ نَاقَةٌ أُخْرَى خَيْرٌ مِنْ خَمْسِ أَوَاقٍ ، فَرَجَعْتُ وَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ .
رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَرِجَالُهُ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Ja'far bin Abdullah bin al-Hakam, from his father, mentions about a man from the tribe of Muzaynah (that is, a Companion) that his mother said to him: "Shall we not go and ask the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for something, as people ask him?" The narrator says: I set out to ask for something, and I found him standing and delivering a sermon. He was saying: "Whoever refrains from begging, Allah Almighty keeps him chaste; whoever seeks to be free of need, Allah Almighty grants him freedom from need; and whoever asks people while he has the equivalent of five awqiyah is counted as one who begs importunately." The narrator says: I thought: the she-camel that this woman (that is, my mother) has is better than five awqiyah, and the she-camel that so-and-so woman has is also better than five awqiyah. So I went back and did not ask him (peace and blessings be upon him) for anything.
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الزكاة / 4517
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسنادہ صحیح۔
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