Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3823

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حِينَ تِيبَ عَلَيْهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَنْخَلِعُ مِنْ مَالِي صَدَقَةً إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ أَمْسِكْ عَلَيْكَ بَعْضَ مَالِكَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يُشْبِهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الزُّهْرِيُّ سَمِعَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَمِنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْهُ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ الطَّوِيلِ تَوْبَةُ كَعْبٍ ‏.‏

Translation

Yunus ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿla narrated to us; he said: Ibn Wahb narrated to us; he said: Yunus informed me, from Ibn Shihab, who said: ʿAbdullah ibn Kaʿb ibn Malik informed me, from his father, who said to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, when his repentance had been accepted: ‘Messenger of Allah, I give up all my wealth as charity for Allah and His Messenger.’ The Messenger of Allah said to him: ‘Keep some of your wealth; that is better for you.’ Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman said: ‘It seems that al-Zuhri heard this report both from ʿAbdullah ibn Kaʿb and from ʿAbd al-Rahman, in the long report about Kaʿb’s repentance.’