Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2029
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَا نَقَصَتْ صَدَقَةٌ مِنْ مَالٍ وَمَا زَادَ اللَّهُ رَجُلاً بِعَفْوٍ إِلاَّ عِزًّا وَمَا تَوَاضَعَ أَحَدٌ لِلَّهِ إِلاَّ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبِي كَبْشَةَ الأَنْمَارِيِّ وَاسْمُهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ . وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Qutaybah narrated to us: ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from al-‘Ala’ ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Charity does not diminish wealth. Allah increases a person in honor when he pardons others, and no one humbles himself for Allah except that Allah raises him.” Abu ‘Isa said: Reports on this topic are also related from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf, Ibn ‘Abbas, and Abu Kabshah al-Anmari, whose name was ‘Umar ibn Sa‘d. This hadith is hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Rendered wa-ma zada Allahu rajulan bi-‘afwin illa ‘izzan as Allah increasing a person’s honor through pardon, preserving the positive comparison.