Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2525
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا تَصَدَّقَ أَحَدٌ بِصَدَقَةٍ مِنْ طَيِّبٍ وَلاَ يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلاَّ الطَّيِّبَ إِلاَّ أَخَذَهَا الرَّحْمَنُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِيَمِينِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ تَمْرَةً فَتَرْبُو فِي كَفِّ الرَّحْمَنِ حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَعْظَمَ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ كَمَا يُرَبِّي أَحَدُكُمْ فَلُوَّهُ أَوْ فَصِيلَهُ " .
Qutaybah reported: al-Layth narrated to us, from Saeed ibn Abi Saeed, from Saeed ibn Yasar, who heard Abu Hurayrah say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: No one gives charity from good, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, accepts only what is good, but the Most Merciful, Mighty and Majestic, takes it in His right hand—even if it is a single date—and it grows in the palm of the Most Merciful until it becomes greater than a mountain, just as one of you raises his young horse or camel calf.
Translation notes
The report retains its image of a date growing in the divine hand and the comparison to raising a young animal.