Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2547
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ مَثَلَ الْمُنْفِقِ الْمُتَصَدِّقِ وَالْبَخِيلِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا جُبَّتَانِ أَوْ جُنَّتَانِ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ مِنْ لَدُنْ ثُدِيِّهِمَا إِلَى تَرَاقِيهِمَا فَإِذَا أَرَادَ الْمُنْفِقُ أَنْ يُنْفِقَ اتَّسَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدِّرْعُ أَوْ مَرَّتْ حَتَّى تُجِنَّ بَنَانَهُ وَتَعْفُوَ أَثَرَهُ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ الْبَخِيلُ أَنْ يُنْفِقَ قَلَصَتْ وَلَزِمَتْ كُلُّ حَلْقَةٍ مَوْضِعَهَا حَتَّى أَخَذَتْهُ بِتَرْقُوَتِهِ أَوْ بِرَقَبَتِهِ " . يَقُولُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُوَسِّعُهَا فَلاَ تَتَّسِعُ . قَالَ طَاوُسٌ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يُشِيرُ بِيَدِهِ وَهُوَ يُوَسِّعُهَا وَلاَ تَتَوَسَّعُ .
Muhammad ibn Mansur reported: Sufyan narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from al-Hasan ibn Muslim, from Tawus, who said: I heard Abu Hurayrah. Then he said: Abu al-Zinad narrated to us, from al-Araj, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The likeness of a person who spends in charity and a miser is that of two men wearing coats—or shields—of iron, from their chests up to their collarbones. When the charitable person intends to spend, his armor expands or stretches until it covers his fingertips and erases his tracks. When the miser intends to spend, it contracts, and every ring stays in its place until it grips his collarbone or his neck. Abu Hurayrah said: I testify that he saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ trying to widen it, but it would not widen. Tawus said: I heard Abu Hurayrah gesturing with his hand as he tried to widen it, but it would not widen.
Translation notes
The source gives alternative terms for the iron garment and its final point of constriction; these are retained as alternatives. The narrator sequence is rendered as stated, including the transition from Tawus to the additional chain.