Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 2872

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، أَنَّ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ، حَدَّثَهُمْ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ، - يَعْنِي الْمُعَلِّمَ - عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنِّي فَقِيرٌ لَيْسَ لِي شَىْءٌ وَلِي يَتِيمٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ كُلْ مِنْ مَالِ يَتِيمِكَ غَيْرَ مُسْرِفٍ وَلاَ مُبَادِرٍ وَلاَ مُتَأَثِّلٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Humayd ibn Mas'adah narrated to us: Khalid ibn al-Harith related to them: Husayn—the teacher—narrated to us, from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, that a man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘I am poor and have nothing, and I have an orphan in my care.’ The Prophet replied: ‘Eat from your orphan's property without extravagance, without hastening to consume it, and without laying it up as your own.’