Hadith 16946

Chapter 10

باب 10

(10) باب اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ

(10) Chapter: "Protect yourself from Hell-fire even with half a date" (IT)
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حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَمَرَنَا بِالصَّدَقَةِ انْطَلَقَ أَحَدُنَا إِلَى السُّوقِ فَتَحَامَلَ فَيُصِيبُ الْمُدَّ، وَإِنَّ لِبَعْضِهِمُ الْيَوْمَ لَمِائَةَ أَلْفٍ.

Narrated Abu Mas`ud Al-Ansari:
Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) ordered us to give in charity, we used to go to the market and work as porters and get a Mudd (a special measure of grain) and then give it in charity. (Those were the days of poverty) and today some of us have one hundred thousand. (IT)

Reference (IT): Sahih al-Bukhari 1416 (IT)

In-book reference (IT): Book 24, Hadith 20 (IT)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 2, Book 24, Hadith 497 (IT)