Sunan an-Nasa'i 2523

Imran ibn Bakkar reported: Ali ibn Ayyash narrated to us: Shuayb narrated to us: Abu al-Zinad narrated to me from what Abd al-Rahman al-Araj related to him, from what he said he heard Abu Hurayrah report from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: A man said: I will surely give charity. He went out with his charity and placed it in the hand of a thief. In the morning people were talking: Charity was given to a thief. He said: O Allah, to You belongs praise for a thief. I will surely give charity. He went out with his charity and placed it in the hand of a prostitute. In the morning people were talking: Charity was given to a prostitute. He said: O Allah, to You belongs praise for a prostitute. I will surely give charity. He went out with his charity and placed it in the hand of a rich man. In the morning people were talking: Charity was given to a rich man. He said: O Allah, to You belongs praise for a prostitute, a thief, and a rich man. Then someone came to him and said: As for your charity, it has been accepted. As for the prostitute, perhaps she will use it to refrain from her fornication; perhaps the thief will use it to refrain from his theft; and perhaps the rich man will take heed and spend from what Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has given him.