Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2608
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ، رضى الله عنه يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُعْطِينِي الْعَطَاءَ فَأَقُولُ أَعْطِهِ أَفْقَرَ إِلَيْهِ مِنِّي حَتَّى أَعْطَانِي مَرَّةً مَالاً فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَعْطِهِ أَفْقَرَ إِلَيْهِ مِنِّي . فَقَالَ " خُذْهُ فَتَمَوَّلْهُ وَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ وَمَا جَاءَكَ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَالِ وَأَنْتَ غَيْرُ مُشْرِفٍ وَلاَ سَائِلٍ فَخُذْهُ وَمَا لاَ فَلاَ تُتْبِعْهُ نَفْسَكَ " .
Amr ibn Mansur reported: al-Hakam ibn Nafi narrated to us: Shuayb informed us, from al-Zuhri, who said: Salim ibn Abd Allah informed me that Abd Allah ibn Umar said: I heard Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, say: The Prophet ﷺ used to give me a payment, and I would say: Give it to someone more in need of it than me. This continued until one time he gave me wealth, and I said to him: Give it to someone more in need of it than me. He said: Take it, make it your own, and give it in charity. Whatever of this wealth comes to you while you are neither coveting it nor asking for it, take it. Whatever does not come to you, do not pursue it.
Translation notes
This route relates the advice through Umar direct recollection, without the longer encounter with Abd Allah ibn al-Sadi.