Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 197
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " يَمِينُ اللَّهِ مَلأَى لاَ يَغِيضُهَا شَىْءٌ سَحَّاءُ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ وَبِيَدِهِ الأُخْرَى الْمِيزَانُ يَرْفَعُ الْقِسْطَ وَيَخْفِضُهُ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ مَا أَنْفَقَ مُنْذُ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَنْقُصْ مِمَّا فِي يَدَيْهِ شَيْئًا " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us: Yazid ibn Harun reported to us: Muhammad ibn Ishaq informed us, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-Araj, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), who said, ‘Allah’s right hand is full; nothing diminishes it, as He gives continuously by night and day. In His other hand is the balance: He raises equity and lowers it.’ He said, ‘Consider what He has spent since creating the heavens and the earth; it has not diminished what is in His hands at all.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic explicitly describes continuous giving by night and day and identifies the balance in the other hand.