Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah
Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 352
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْقُرَشِيُّ الْمَكِّيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ بِالْخَيْرِ، وَكَانَ أَجْوَدَ مَا يَكُونُ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ، حَتَّى يَنْسَلِخَ، فَيَأْتِيهِ جِبْرِيلُ، فَيَعْرِضُ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنَ، فَإِذَا لَقِيَهُ جِبْرِيلُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، أَجْوَدَ بِالْخَيْرِ مِنَ الرِّيحِ الْمُرْسَلَةِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Imran, Abu al-Qasim al-Qurashi al-Makki, narrated to us: Ibrahim ibn Sa‘d narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from ‘Ubayd Allah, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) was the most generous of people in goodness. He was at his most generous during Ramadan, until it came to an end. Then Jibril would come to him and review the Qur’an with him. Whenever Jibril met him, the Messenger of Allah was more generous in goodness than a freely sent wind.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The complete chain is included; the English witness begins with Ibn ‘Abbas.
The Arabic speaks generally of generosity in goodness (al-khayr), not specifically charity, and compares him to a freely sent wind. The witness narrows this to charity and adds showering rain.
أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ بِالْخَيْرِ
The Arabic says generosity in goodness generally, while the witness specifies charity.
Is “charity” an intended contextual narrowing, or should the broader “goodness” be kept?