1090 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ قَالَ: ثنا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْنَا مِنَ الْهَجَرِيِّ أَحَادِيثَ، عَنْ أَبِي عِيَاضٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، هَذَا أَحَدُهَا، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ الَّذِي تَرُدُّهُ التَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ، وَلَا اللُّقْمَةُ وَاللُّقْمَتَانِ، وَلَكِنَّ الْمِسْكِينَ الَّذِي لَا يَسْأَلُ وَلَا يُعْرَفُ مَكَانُهُ فَيُعْطَي»
Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A poor person is not the one who goes away with one or two dates or with one or two morsels; the poor person is the one who does not ask, and his condition is not known so that something may be given to him."
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