Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2431
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي مَالِكٍ، وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَاتِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " رَأَيْتُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي عَلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ مَكْتُوبًا الصَّدَقَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا وَالْقَرْضُ بِثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ . فَقُلْتُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ مَا بَالُ الْقَرْضِ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ . قَالَ لأَنَّ السَّائِلَ يَسْأَلُ وَعِنْدَهُ وَالْمُسْتَقْرِضُ لاَ يَسْتَقْرِضُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَاجَةٍ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ubaydullah ibn Abd al-Karim narrated to us: Hisham ibn Khalid narrated to us: Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Abi Malik narrated to us. Abu Hatim also narrated to us: Hisham ibn Khalid narrated to us: Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Abi Malik narrated to us, from his father, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that on the night he was taken on the Night Journey, he saw written at the gate of Paradise that charity is rewarded tenfold and a loan eighteenfold. He asked Gabriel why a loan was better than charity. Gabriel replied that a beggar asks while he has something, whereas a borrower asks only out of need.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic gives two opening transmission routes, both preserved. The phrase وعنده literally says “while he has [something]”; the English witness likewise leaves the possessed item unstated.