Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 14, Hadith 292
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ بِالْخَيْرِ، وَكَانَ أَجْوَدَ مَا يَكُونُ فِي رَمَضَانَ، حِينَ يَلْقَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَكَانَ جِبْرِيلُ يَلْقَاهُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ، يَعْرِضُ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْقُرْآنَ، فَإِذَا لَقِيَهُ جِبْرِيلُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَجْوَدَ بِالْخَيْرِ مِنَ الرِّيحِ الْمُرْسَلَةِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Musa ibn Isma‘il narrated to us: Ibrahim ibn Sa‘d narrated to us: Ibn Shihab informed us, from ‘Ubayd Allah ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Utba, that Ibn ‘Abbas said: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the most generous of people in doing good, and he was at his most generous in Ramadan, when Jibril ﷺ met him. Jibril would meet him every night in Ramadan, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would review the Qur’an with him. When Jibril met him, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was more generous in doing good than a wind sent forth.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The verb يعرض عليه القرآن can describe presenting or reviewing the Qur’an with Jibril. The Arabic says generosity in good broadly, not only in charity; the witness narrows it to charitable giving.
أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ بِالْخَيْرِ
The Arabic says ‘most generous in good’ without limiting it to charitable donations.
Should the English witness’s repeated ‘giving charity’ be retained, or should the broader wording remain?