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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 8975 — from Abu al-Ubaydayn al-Amiri

حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَتَّاتُ، ثنا مِنْجَابُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعُبَيْدَيْنِ الْعَامِرِيِّ، - وَكَانَ ضَرِيرَ الْبَصَرِ، وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يَدِينُهُ، فَقَالَ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ: مَنْ نَسْأَلُ إِنْ لَمْ نَسْأَلْكَ؟ فَرَقَّ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: مَا الْأَوَّاهُ؟ قَالَ: «الرَّحِيمُ» ، قَالَ: فَمَا الْأُمَّةُ؟ قَالَ: «الَّذِي يَعْلَمُ الْخَيْرَ» ، قَالَ: فَمَا الْقَانِتُ؟ قَالَ: «الْمُطِيعُ» ، قَالَ: فَمَا الْمَاعُونُ؟ قَالَ: «مَا يَتَعَاوَنُ النَّاسُ بَيْنَهُمْ» ، قَالَ: فَمَا التَّبْذِيرُ؟ قَالَ: «إِنْفَاقُ الْمَالِ فِي غَيْرِ حَقِّهِ»
It is narrated from Abu al-Ubaydayn al-Amiri (may Allah have mercy on him) - he was blind, and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to look after him - that he said to Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): If we do not ask you, whom shall we ask? At this Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) felt tenderness towards him. So he asked: What is awwah? He said: "One who is most compassionate." He asked: What is ummah? He said: "One who knows goodness." He asked: What is qanit? He said: "One who is obedient." He asked: What is al-ma'un? He said: "That with which people help one another." He asked: What is tabdhir (squandering)? He said: "Spending wealth without right."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 8975
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 9، صفحہ 206، حدیث 9007