Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1866

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٌ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " تصدقوا فَإِنَّهُ يَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ زَمَانٌ يَمْشِي الرَّجُلُ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَلَا يَجِدُ مَنْ يَقْبَلُهَا يَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ: لَوْ جِئْت بهَا بِالْأَمْسِ لَقَبِلْتُهَا فَأَمَّا الْيَوْمَ فَلَا حَاجَةَ لِي بهَا "

Translation

Haritha ibn Wahb said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Give alms, for a time will come upon you when a man will walk with his alms and find no one to accept them. A man will say, “If you had brought them yesterday, I would have accepted them; but today I have no need of them.”’

Translation notes
  • The Arabic does not give a collection attribution.