Al-Kāfi 4, record 191 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Rare Ahadith about Charity

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12ـ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مِسْمَعِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) بِمِنًى وَبَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا عِنَبٌ نَأْكُلُهُ فَجَاءَ سَائِلٌ فَسَأَلَهُ فَأَمَرَ بِعُنْقُودٍ فَأَعْطَاهُ فَقَالَ السَّائِلُ لا حَاجَةَ لِي فِي هَذَا إِنْ كَانَ دِرْهَمٌ قَالَ يَسَعُ الله عَلَيْكَ فَذَهَبَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ رُدُّوا الْعُنْقُودَ فَقَالَ يَسَعُ الله لَكَ وَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ شَيْئاً ثُمَّ جَاءَ سَائِلٌ آخَرُ فَأَخَذَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) ثَلاثَ حَبَّاتِ عِنَبٍ فَنَاوَلَهَا إِيَّاهُ فَأَخَذَ السَّائِلُ مِنْ يَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لله رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الَّذِي رَزَقَنِي فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) مَكَانَكَ فَحَشَا مِلْ‏ءَ كَفَّيْهِ عِنَباً فَنَاوَلَهَا إِيَّاهُ فَأَخَذَهَا السَّائِلُ مِنْ يَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لله رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) مَكَانَكَ يَا غُلامُ أَيُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ مَعَكَ مِنَ الدَّرَاهِمِ فَإِذَا مَعَهُ نَحْوٌ مِنْ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَماً فِيمَا حَزَرْنَاهُ أَوْ نَحْوِهَا فَنَاوَلَهَا إِيَّاهُ فَأَخَذَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لله هَذَا مِنْكَ وَحْدَكَ لا شَرِيكَ لَكَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) مَكَانَكَ فَخَلَعَ قَمِيصاً كَانَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ الْبَسْ هَذَا فَلَبِسَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لله الَّذِي كَسَانِي وَسَتَرَنِي يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الله أَوْ قَالَ جَزَاكَ الله خَيْراً لَمْ يَدْعُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) إِلاَّ بِذَا ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَذَهَبَ قَالَ فَظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ لَوْ لَمْ يَدْعُ لَهُ لَمْ يَزَلْ يُعْطِيهِ لأَنَّهُ كُلَّمَا كَانَ يُعْطِيهِ حَمِدَ الله أَعْطَاهُ.

Translation

12. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Misma’ ibn ‘Abd al-Malik who has said the following: “Once we were in the presence of abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), in Mina (a place in Makkah). We were eating grapes when a man came asking for help. Imam told someone to give him a bunch. The man said, ‘I do not need this. I need dirhams.’ The Imam said, ‘May Allah grant you a great deal.’ The man went away and then came back saying, ‘Give me that bunch of grapes.’ The Imam said, ‘May Allah give you a great deal and did not give him anything.’ Soon, another man came and asked for help. The Imam offered him just three pieces of grape that he accepted and said, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds who has granted me sustenance.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said, ‘Wait,’ filled up both of his hands with grapes and gave it to him. The man took the grapes from the Imam and said, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘Wait,’ and he (the Imam) asked his servant, saying, ‘How many dirhams do you have with you?’ We estimated there were about twenty dirhams with the servant. He gave them to the man, who took them and said, ‘All praise belongs to Allah. This is from You alone and You have no partners.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), then said, ‘Wait,’ and he (the Imam) took off his shirt and said, ‘Wear this.’ The man took the shirt and said, ‘O abu ‘Abd Allah, all praise belongs to Allah who has granted me clothes and covering.’ Or he said, ‘O abu ‘Abd Allah, may Allah grant you good rewards. Nothing except this is left with abu ‘Abd Allah.’ He then left. We thought had he not prayed for ‘Abd Allah, he would keep giving him something as long as he kept praising Allah.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 12. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated
  2. ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa
  3. Misma’ ibn ‘Abd al-Malik who has said the following

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  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    موثق

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    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/179)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    صحيح

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    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 53

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