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Bayhaqi 13210 — There is no fixed limit on what is given to the poor

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ، أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ، ثنا أَبُو الْجُمَاهِرِ، ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ يَعْنِي عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، يَقُولُ: قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ: اسْتُشْهِدَ أَبِي يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ مَالِكُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ وَتَرَكَنَا بِغَيْرِ مَالٍ قَالَ: وَأَصَابَتْنَا حَاجَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ، فَقَالَتْ لِي أُمِّي: يَا بُنِيَّ ائْتِ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَلْهُ لَنَا شَيْئًا، فَجِئْتُهُ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَجَلَسْتُ وَهُوَ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ جَالِسٌ، فَقَالَ حِينَ اسْتَقْبَلَنِي: " إِنَّهُ مَنْ يَسْتَغْنِ أَغْنَاهُ اللهُ، وَمَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْ أَعَفَّهُ اللهُ، وَمَنِ اسْتَكْفَ كَفَّهُ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَا يُرِيدُ غَيْرِي، فَانْصَرَفْتُ وَلَمْ أُكَلِّمْهُ فِي شَيْءٍ، فَقَالَتْ لِي أُمِّي: مَا فَعَلْتَ؟ فَأَخْبَرْتُهَا الْخَبَرَ قَالَ فَصَبَرْنَا وَاللهُ يَرْزُقُنَا شَيْئًا فَتَبَلَّغْنَا بِهِ حَتَّى أَلَحَّتْ عَلَيْنَا حَاجَةٌ هِيَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهَا فَقَالَتْ ⦗٣٩⦘ لِي أُمِّي: ائْتِ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَسَلْهُ لَنَا شَيْئًا قَالَ: فَجِئْتُهُ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ فَسَلَّمْتُ وَجَلَسْتُ فَاسْتَقْبَلَنِي، وَقَالَ بِالْقَوْلِ الْأَوَّلِ وَزَادَ فِيهِ " وَمَنْ سَأَلَ وَلَهُ أُوقِيَّةٌ فَهُوَ مُلْحِفٌ "، قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: لَنَا الْيَاقُوتَةُ وَهِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُوقِيَّةٍ قَالَ: وَالْأُوقِيَّةُ أَرْبَعُونَ دِرْهَمًا قَالَ: فَرَجَعْتُ وَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ قَالَ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ: الْيَاقُوتَةُ نَاقَةٌ.
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) says: My father, Malik bin Sinan, was martyred in the Battle of Uhud and left us no inheritance. We fell into severe need, so my mother said to me: My son! Go to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and ask him for something for us. I came to him (peace and blessings be upon him), greeted him and sat down; he (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting among his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). Then, turning towards me, he said: "Whoever seeks to be free of need, Allah Almighty will make him free of need; whoever seeks to be chaste, Allah Almighty will keep him chaste; and whoever seeks sufficiency, Allah will suffice him." Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I thought: He (peace and blessings be upon him) means no one but me. I went back and did not say anything. My mother asked me, and I told her the whole story. We remained patient, and Allah Almighty provided us with something by which we got by, until a need more severe than the first pressed upon us. My mother sent me to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to get something. I came, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the gathering of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them); I greeted and sat down. He turned towards me and said what he had said the first time, with these additional words: "Whoever asks while he has an uqiyah is one who asks importunately (that is, one who persists)." I thought to myself: I have al-Yaqutah, and she is worth more than an uqiyah; an uqiyah is forty dirhams. I went back and did not ask him (peace and blessings be upon him) anything.
Abu Ubayd says: al-Yaqutah is a she-camel.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قسم الصدقات / 13210
Hadith Grading محدثین: حسن
Hadith Takhrij «حسن۔ احمد 11059»