Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 10079 — What has come on urging charity

Yazid bin Bishr al-Saksaki said: Yazid bin Abd al-Malik sent me to the Ka'bah with the covering of the Ka'bah. When I reached Tayma, a beggar came and said: "Give charity, for charity saves a person from seventy doors of evil." I asked (the people): "Who is the most learned person here?" They replied: "A man from the Jews named Nusayy." I came to his house and called out: "Is Nusayy here?" A woman looked out and gave me permission to come in. When he saw me, he performed ablution. I asked him: "When you saw me you performed ablution; what is the reason for this?" He said: "Allah Almighty said to Musa: 'O Musa, perform ablution; if you do not do so and a calamity befalls you, then blame no one but yourself.'" I said: "A beggar, while begging, was saying: 'Give charity, for charity saves a person from seventy doors of evil.'" He said: "He spoke the truth." Then he mentioned death, a wall collapsing, being thrown by one's mount and having one's neck broken, drowning, and many things that Allah wills, which he counted among the kinds of death. I said: "And charity saves from the Fire of Hell."