‘A’isha said the Prophet asked how much was left of a sheep which they had killed, and when she told him that only its shoulder Remained, he replied, “The whole of it is left except its shoulder.”* Tirmidhi transmitted it and said it is sahih. * Meaning that what one gives to others has lasting value, as such giving is fundamentally done for God’s sake; whereas what one keeps indicates selfishness and so has only transient value.
Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 2470). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 1919).
‘Ā’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that they slaughtered a sheep, so the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) asked: “What is left of it?” She replied: “Nothing is left except its shoulder.” He said: “All of it is left except its shoulder.”
ذَبَحُوا شَاةً فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا " . قَالَتْ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا إِلاَّ كَتِفُهَا . قَالَ " بَقِيَ كُلُّهَا غَيْرَ كَتِفِهَا "
