Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2555
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ حَارِثَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " تَصَدَّقُوا فَإِنَّهُ سَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ زَمَانٌ يَمْشِي الرَّجُلُ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَيَقُولُ الَّذِي يُعْطَاهَا لَوْ جِئْتَ بِهَا بِالأَمْسِ قَبِلْتُهَا فَأَمَّا الْيَوْمَ فَلاَ " .
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Ala reported: Khalid narrated to us: Shuubah narrated to us, from Mabdad ibn Khalid, from Harithah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Give charity, for a time will come upon you when a man will walk with his charity and the person to whom it is offered will say: If only you had brought it yesterday, I would have accepted it. As for today, I will not.
Translation notes
The report foretells a time when charity will be refused; the shift from yesterday to today is retained.