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Bayhaqi 15289 — It does not suffice to feed fewer than sixty poor

وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنِي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ، أَنَّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَوْحٍ الدِّمَشْقِيَّ، حَدَّثَهُمْ نا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْجُوعِيُّ، نا مَسْرُوقُ بْنُ صَدَقَةَ، عَنِ ⦗٦٤٥⦘ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلَكْتُ قَالَ: " وَيْحَكَ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ " قَالَ: وَقَعْتُ عَلَى أَهْلِي فِي يَوْمٍ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ، قَالَ: " أَعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً " قَالَ: مَا أَجِدُهَا قَالَ: " فَصُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ " قَالَ: مَا أَسْتَطِيعُ قَالَ: " فَأَطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا " قَالَ: مَا أَجِدُ قَالَ: فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ صَاعًا قَالَ: " خُذْهُ فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ " قَالَ: عَلَى أَفْقَرَ مِنْ أَهْلِي، فَوَاللهِ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَحْوَجُ مِنْ أَهْلِي قَالَ: فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ قَالَ: " خُذْهُ وَاسْتَغْفِرِ اللهَ وَأَطْعِمْهُ أَهْلَكَ " وَكَذَلِكَ رَوَاهُ دُحَيْمٌ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ وَكَذَلِكَ رَوَاهُ الْهِقْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ.
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that a man said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): I am ruined. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Woe to you! What has ruined you?" He said: I had intercourse with my wife in the month of Ramadan. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Free a slave." He said: I cannot find one. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Fast two consecutive months." The man said: I am not able to. He said: "Feed sixty poor people." He said: I cannot find (the means). Then a basket of 15 sa' of dates was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take it and give it in charity." He said: To someone more needy than myself? By Allah! Between the two mountains of Madinah there is no one more needy than me. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) laughed so much that his molar teeth became visible, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take it, seek Allah's forgiveness, and feed your family." [Hasan li-ghayrihi]
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الظهار / 15289