Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1868

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ: انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي ظِلِّ الْكَعْبَةِ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي قَالَ: «هُمُ الْأَخْسَرُونَ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ» فَقُلْتُ: فَدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي مَنْ هُمْ؟ قَالَ: " هُمُ الْأَكْثَرُونَ أَمْوَالًا إِلَّا مَنْ قَالَ: هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا مِنْ بَين يَدَيْهِ وَمن خَلفه وعني مينه وَعَن شِمَاله وَقَلِيل مَا هم "

Translation

Abu Dharr said: I came upon the Prophet ﷺ as he sat in the shade of the Kaaba. When he saw me, he said, ‘By the Lord of the Kaaba, they are the greatest losers!’ I said, ‘May my father and mother be ransomed for you; who are they?’ He said, ‘They are those with the greatest wealth, except for the one who says, “This much, and this much, and this much,” in front of him, behind him, on his right, and on his left. But how few they are!’

Translation notes
  • The Arabic describes giving in several directions using ‘this much’ repeatedly; it does not identify a collection source.