Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2154
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نَضْلَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لاَ يَحْتَكِرُ إِلاَّ خَاطِئٌ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, from Saʿid ibn al-Musayyib, from Maʿmar ibn ʿAbdullah ibn Nadhla, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: ‘Only a sinner hoards.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لاَ يَحْتَكِرُ إِلاَّ خَاطِئٌ " .
يحتكر means to hoard or withhold goods; the object is omitted in this concise statement.
Does ‘Only a sinner hoards’ preserve the concise wording without supplying an object?