حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْکِينٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُهَاجِرِ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي کَبْشَةَ السَّلُولِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ ابْنُ الْحَنْظَلِيَّةِ قَالَ قَدِمَ عَلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عُيَيْنَةُ بْنُ حِصْنٍ وَالْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ فَسَأَلَاهُ فَأَمَرَ لَهُمَا بِمَا سَأَلَا وَأَمَرَ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَکَتَبَ لَهُمَا بِمَا سَأَلَا فَأَمَّا الْأَقْرَعُ فَأَخَذَ کِتَابَهُ فَلَفَّهُ فِي عِمَامَتِهِ وَانْطَلَقَ وَأَمَّا عُيَيْنَةُ فَأَخَذَ کِتَابَهُ وَأَتَی النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَکَانَهُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَتُرَانِي حَامِلًا إِلَی قَوْمِي کِتَابًا لَا أَدْرِي مَا فِيهِ کَصَحِيفَةِ الْمُتَلَمِّسِ فَأَخْبَرَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بِقَوْلِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ سَأَلَ وَعِنْدَهُ مَا يُغْنِيهِ فَإِنَّمَا يَسْتَکْثِرُ مِنْ النَّارِ وَقَالَ النُّفَيْلِيُّ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ مِنْ جَمْرِ جَهَنَّمَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا يُغْنِيهِ وَقَالَ النُّفَيْلِيُّ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ وَمَا الْغِنَی الَّذِي لَا تَنْبَغِي مَعَهُ الْمَسْأَلَةُ قَالَ قَدْرُ مَا يُغَدِّيهِ وَيُعَشِّيهِ وَقَالَ النُّفَيْلِيُّ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ أَنْ يَکُونَ لَهُ شِبْعُ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ أَوْ لَيْلَةٍ وَيَوْمٍ وَکَانَ حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ مُخْتَصَرًا عَلَی هَذِهِ الْأَلْفَاظِ الَّتِي ذَکَرْتُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1629
Narrated Sahl ibn Hanzaliyyah: Uyaynah ibn Hisn and Aqra ibn Habis came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They begged from him. He commanded to give them what they begged. He ordered Muawiyah to write a document to give what they begged. Aqra took his document, wrapped it in his turban, and went away. As for Uyaynah, he took his document and came to the Prophet ﷺ at his home, and said to him: Muhammad, do you see me? I am taking a document to my people, but I do not know what it contains, just like the document of al-Mutalammis. Muawiyah informed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of his statement. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He who begs (from people) when he has sufficient is simply asking for a large amount of Hell-fire. (An-Nufayl (a transmitter) said elsewhere: "embers of Hell". ) They asked: Messenger of Allah, what is a sufficiency? (Elsewhere an-Nufayl said: What is a sufficiency which makes begging unfitting?) He replied: It is that which would provide a morning and an evening meal. (Elsewhere an-Nufayl said: It is when one has enough for a day and night, or for a night and a day. ) He (an-Nufayl) narrated to us this tradition briefly in the words that I have mentioned.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020