حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَکِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ عَنْ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ الْأَنْمَارِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نَاجَيْتُمْ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاکُمْ صَدَقَةً قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا تَرَی دِينَارًا قُلْتُ لَا يُطِيقُونَهُ قَالَ فَنِصْفُ دِينَارٍ قُلْتُ لَا يُطِيقُونَهُ قَالَ فَکَمْ قُلْتُ شَعِيرَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّکَ لَزَهِيدٌ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ أَأَشْفَقْتُمْ أَنْ تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاکُمْ صَدَقَاتٍ الْآيَةَ قَالَ فَبِي خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ إِنَّمَا نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَمَعْنَی قَوْلِهِ شَعِيرَةٌ يَعْنِي وَزْنَ شَعِيرَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَأَبُو الْجَعْدِ اسْمُهُ رَافِعٌ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3300
Ali bin Abi Talib said: “When (the following) was revealed: ‘O you who believe! When you consult the Messenger in private, spend something in charity before your private consultation.’ The Prophet said to me: ‘What do you think? A dinar?’ I said: ‘They will not be able to.’ He said: ‘Then half a Dinar?’ I said: ‘They will not be able.’ He said: ‘Then how much?’ I said ‘A barely corn.’ He said: ‘You made it too little.’” He said: “So the Ayah was revealed: ‘Are you afraid of spending in charity before your private consultation?’ He said: “It was about my case for which Allah lightened the burden upon this Ummah.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020