حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَکِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيکٌ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي لَيْلَی الْکِنْدِيِّ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ قَالَ جَائَنَا مُصَدِّقُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ وَقَرَأْتُ فِي عَهْدِهِ لَا يُجْمَعُ بَيْنَ مُتَفَرِّقٍ وَلَا يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَ مُجْتَمِعٍ خَشْيَةَ الصَّدَقَةِ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِنَاقَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ مُلَمْلَمَةٍ فَأَبَی أَنْ يَأْخُذَهَا فَأَتَاهُ بِأُخْرَی دُونَهَا فَأَخَذَهَا وَقَالَ أَيُّ أَرْضٍ تُقِلُّنِي وَأَيُّ سَمَائٍ تُظِلُّنِي إِذَا أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَدْ أَخَذْتُ خِيَارَ إِبِلِ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 1801
It was narrated that Suwaid bin Ghafalah said: "The Zakah collector of the Prophet P.B.U.H came to us, and I took him by the hand and read in his order: 'Do not gather separate herds and do not separate a single herd for fear of Sadaqah.' A man brought him a huge, fat she-camel, but he refused to accept it. So he brought him another of lower quality and he accepted it. He said: 'What land would shelter me and what heaven would shade me, if I came to the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H having taken the best of a Muslim man's camels?' If…. (Da'if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020