Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1, record 217 of the digital edition

Translation

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Muhammed bin Yahya al-‘Attar, from Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Yahya, from Ali bin Isma’il, from Safwan, from Abdul-Rahman bin Hajjaj, from the one he heard from, and he named him, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: I asked him about the alms tax: What does a man take from it? And I said to him: It has, indeed, reached us that the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Any man who leaves two dinars, they are to burn between his eyes. He said: Then he said: Those are a people who were guests to the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, and when the evening approached, he said: O such-a-person, go and feed this (person) the evening supper. When the morning approached, he said: O such-a-person, go and feed this (person). They did not fear to wake up at the morning without food nor without evening supper, and so one man of them saved two dinars. Then the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said this statement about him: Indeed, the people only give from one year to another year, hence, a man may take what suffices for him and suffices for his family from one year to another year.

Translation: Basel Kadem — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.