Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 5299
وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَثَلُ الْبَخِيلِ وَالْمُنْفِقِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا جُبَّتَانِ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، مِنْ لَدُنْ ثَدْيَيْهِمَا إِلَى تَرَاقِيهِمَا، فَأَمَّا الْمُنْفِقُ فَلاَ يُنْفِقُ شَيْئًا إِلاَّ مَادَّتْ عَلَى جِلْدِهِ حَتَّى تُجِنَّ بَنَانَهُ وَتَعْفُوَ أَثَرَهُ، وَأَمَّا الْبَخِيلُ فَلاَ يُرِيدُ يُنْفِقُ إِلاَّ لَزِمَتْ كُلُّ حَلْقَةٍ مَوْضِعَهَا، فَهْوَ يُوسِعُهَا فَلاَ تَتَّسِعُ ". وَيُشِيرُ بِإِصْبَعِهِ إِلَى حَلْقِهِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Al-Layth said: Jaʿfar ibn Rabīʿah narrated to me, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Hurmuz. I heard Abū Hurayrah say that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: ‘The example of the miser and the spender is that of two men wearing coats of iron from their breasts up to their collarbones. Whenever the spender spends, the coat stretches over his skin until it covers his fingertips and erases his tracks. Whenever the miser intends to spend, every ring of the coat clings to its place; he tries to widen it, but it does not widen.’ He pointed with his finger to his throat.