Musnad Ahmad

Affan narrated to us, Shu’bah narrated to us, Abu Ishaq informed us, he said: I heard Abu al-Ahwas narrating from his father, he said: I came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and I was in a shabby state. He said: “Do you have wealth?” I said: Yes. He said: “What is your wealth?” He said: Of all kinds of wealth: horses, camels, slaves, and sheep. He said: “If Allah, Mighty and Majestic, gives you wealth, then let it be seen on you.” He said: “Do the camels of your people give birth to ones with sound ears, and then you take a blade and cut them, or you cut them and say: ‘These are bahir’ and you split their skins and say: ‘These are surm,’ and you make them forbidden for yourself and your family?” He said: I said: Yes. He said: “All that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has given you is lawful for you. And the arm of Allah is stronger, and the blade of Allah is sharper.” And sometimes he said it, and sometimes he did not say it, and sometimes he said: “The arm of Allah is stronger than your arm, and the blade of Allah is sharper than your blade.” He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, a man with whom I stayed did not show me hospitality nor honor me, then he stayed with me; should I show him hospitality or repay him for what he did? He said: “Rather, show him hospitality.”