صحيح ابن خزيمه
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب صدقة التطوعChapters on Voluntary Charity
(149) بَابُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ عَيْبِ الْمُتَصَدِّقِ الْمُقِلِّ بِالْقَلِيلِ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ،149 Subchapter: Warning against criticizing the poor for giving little charity
Hadith 2453
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ ، قَالَ : " كُنَّا نَتَحَامَلُ ، فَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَجِيءُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ ، فَيُقَالُ : مُرَاءٍ ، وَيَجِيءُ الرَّجُلُ بِنِصْفِ صَاعٍ ، فَيُقَالُ : إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَغَنِيٌّ عَنْ هَذَا ، فَنَزَلَتْ : الَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ الْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ ، وَالَّذِينَ لا يَجِدُونَ إِلا جُهْدَهُمْ سورة التوبة آية 79 "
Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that we used to work for wages. So when someone would bring a large charity, it would be said that he is showing off, and if someone would bring half a sa’ as charity, it would be said that surely Allah is free of need from this person’s half sa’. So this verse was revealed « الَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ الْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ » [ سورة التوبة : 79 ] “Those who criticize the believers who give charity willingly, and those who find nothing to give except their effort (small amount from their labor).”
