أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا يَحْيَی عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي صَالِحُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرِيبٍ عَنْ کَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ الْخَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ قَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَبِيَدِهِ عَصًا وَقَدْ عَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ قِنْوَ حَشَفٍ فَجَعَلَ يَطْعَنُ فِي ذَلِکَ الْقِنْوِ فَقَالَ لَوْ شَائَ رَبُّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةِ تَصَدَّقَ بِأَطْيَبَ مِنْ هَذَا إِنَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةِ يَأْکُلُ حَشَفًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2499
It was narrated that ‘Awf bin Malik said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم came out with a stick in his hand, and a man had hung up a bunch of dry and bad dates. He started hitting that bunch of dates and said: ‘I wish that the one who gave this Sadaqah had given something better than this, for the one who gave these dry, bad dates will eat dry, bad dates on the Day of Resurrection.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020