صحيح ابن خزيمه
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب صدقة التطوعChapters on Voluntary Charity
(137) بَابُ ذِكْرِ نَمَاءِ الْمَالِ بِالصَّدَقَةِ [247- ب] مِنْهُ،137 Subchapter: Charity increases wealth
Hadith 2437
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ : قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَثَلُ الْمُنْفِقِ وَالْبَخِيلِ ، كَمَثَلِ رَجُلَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا جُبَّتَانِ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ مِنْ لَدُنْ ثَدْيَيْهِمَا إِلَى تَرَاقِيهِمَا ، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ الْمُتَصَدِّقُ ، وَالْمُنْفِقُ أَنْ يُنْفِقَ أُسْبِغَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدِّرْعُ ، أَوْ وُفِّرَتْ حَتَّى تَقَعَ عَلَى بَنَانِهِ وَتَعْفُو أَثَرَهُ ، وَإِذَا أَرَادَ الْبَخِيلُ أَنْ يُنْفِقَ قَلَصَتْ وَأَخَذَتْ كُلُّ حَلْقَةٍ مَوْضِعَهَا حَتَّى أَخَذَتْ بِتَرْقُوَتِهِ ، أَوْ بِعُنُقِهِ " ، فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ : أَشْهَدُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ يَقُولُ بِيَدِهِ : وَهُوَ يُوَسِّعُهَا وَلا تَتَّسِعُ
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of the one who gives charity and the miser is like two men who have put on two iron armors, which cover them from their chests up to their necks. Then, when the charitable person intends to spend in the way of Allah, his armor becomes spacious and wide, so much so that even his fingers are concealed in it and it erases the marks of his footsteps (i.e., it spreads beneath his feet). And when the miser intends to give charity, his armor contracts, so much so that every ring of it clings firmly to its place and it sticks to his neck or throat." Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I bear witness that I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) indicating with his hand (to explain) that the miser tries to widen the armor, but it does not become wide.
