Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 2865

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ الْقَعْقَاعِ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ حَرِيصٌ تَأْمُلُ الْبَقَاءَ وَتَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ وَلاَ تُمْهِلْ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَ قُلْتَ لِفُلاَنٍ كَذَا وَلِفُلاَنٍ كَذَا وَقَدْ كَانَ لِفُلاَنٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Musaddad narrated to us: 'Abd al-Wahid ibn Ziyad narrated to us: 'Umarah ibn al-Qa'qa' narrated to us, from Abu Zur'ah ibn 'Amr ibn Jarir, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ): ‘Messenger of Allah, which charity is best?’ He replied: ‘That you give charity while you are healthy, eager to keep your wealth, hoping to live long, and fearing poverty. Do not delay until your soul reaches your throat, then say: “So-and-so gets this much, and so-and-so gets this much,” when it already belongs to someone else.’’