مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الزكاةBook of Zakat
في المسكين يؤمر له بالشيء فلا (يوجد)This chapter is about a poor person who was ordered to be given something but it was not found
Hadith 10569
١٠٥٦٩ - [حدثنا الثقفي عن خالد عن (عكرمة) (١) أنه كره (٢) إذا أمر (للسائل) (٣) بطعام فلم يقدر عليه أن يأكله (٤) حتى يتصدق به] (٥).
Hazrat Ikrimah would instruct to give some food item to a needy person, and if that item could not be found, he himself would not consume it either, but would give it in charity.
