Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1848
وَعَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ الْحَنْظَلِيَّةِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ سَأَلَ وَعِنْدَهُ مَا يُغْنِيهِ فَإِنَّمَا يَسْتَكْثِرُ مِنَ النَّارِ» . قَالَ النُّفَيْلِيُّ. وَهُوَ أَحَدُ رُوَاتِهِ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخر: وَمَا الْغنى الَّذِي لَا يَنْبَغِي مَعَهُ الْمَسْأَلَةُ؟ قَالَ: «قَدْرُ مَا يُغَدِّيهِ وَيُعَشِّيهِ» . وَقَالَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ: «أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ شِبَعُ يَوْمٍ أَوْ لَيْلَةٍ وَيَوْمٍ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Sahl ibn al-Hanzaliyya said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Whoever asks while having what suffices him is only asking for more of the Fire.’ Al-Nufayli, one of its transmitters, said in another place: He was asked, ‘What sufficiency makes it improper to ask?’ He replied, ‘Enough for a morning and evening meal.’ In another place he said, ‘That a person has enough for a day’s satiety, or for a night and a day.’ Abu Dawud transmitted it.
Translation notes
The source preserves two versions of the threshold of sufficiency: provisions for morning and evening, and enough for a day or a night and a day.