حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَی بْنُ وَاصِلٍ الْکُوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَابِدُ الْکُوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ اللَّيْثِيُّ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مِسْکِينًا وَأَمِتْنِي مِسْکِينًا وَاحْشُرْنِي فِي زُمْرَةِ الْمَسَاکِينِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ لِمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّهُمْ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ أَغْنِيَائِهِمْ بِأَرْبَعِينَ خَرِيفًا يَا عَائِشَةُ لَا تَرُدِّي الْمِسْکِينَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ يَا عَائِشَةُ أَحِبِّي الْمَسَاکِينَ وَقَرِّبِيهِمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُقَرِّبُکِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 2352
Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: O Allah! Cause me to live needy, and cause me to die needy and gather me in the group of the needy on the Day of Resurrection. 'Aishah said: Why O Messenger of Allah? He said: Indeed they enter Paradise before their rich by forty autumns. O 'Aishah! Do not turn away the needy even if with a piece of date. O 'Aishah! Love the needy and be near them, for indeed Allah will make you near on the Day of Judgement.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020