Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 4685

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، - الْمَعْنَى - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَسَّمَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ قَسْمًا فَقُلْتُ أَعْطِ فُلاَنًا فَإِنَّهُ مُؤْمِنٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَوْ مُسْلِمٌ إِنِّي لأُعْطِي الرَّجُلَ الْعَطَاءَ وَغَيْرُهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْهُ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يُكَبَّ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrated to us; Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us. [A second route:] Ibrahim ibn Bashshar narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us—they gave the same meaning—and both said: Ma‘mar narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Amir ibn Sa‘d, from his father, that the Prophet distributed among the people. I said, ‘Give so-and-so something, for he is a believer.’ He said, ‘Or a Muslim? I give a man a gift while someone else is dearer to me than he is, for fear that he be thrown face-first into the Fire.’