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Musnad Ahmad 228

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Narrator:Umar ibn al-Khattāb

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قِسْمَةً فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَغَيْرُ هَؤُلَاءِ أَحَقُّ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّهُمْ خَيَّرُونِي بَيْنَ أَنْ يَسْأَلُونِي بِالْفُحْشِ أَوْ يُبَخِّلُونِي فَلَسْتُ بِبَاخِلٍ

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Reported by Ahmad (No. 228) and Muslim (No. 1056).

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 1056

Messenger of Allah, I swear by God, the others besides them were more deserving than these (to whom you gave charity). He said: They had in fact left no other alternative for me. but (that they should) either beg importunately from me or they would regard me as a miser, but I am not a miser.

إِنَّهُمْ خَيَّرُونِي أَنْ يَسْأَلُونِي بِالْفُحْشِ أَوْ يُبَخِّلُونِي فَلَسْتُ بِبَاخِلٍ ‏"

Narrated by Umar ibn al-Khattāb

Authentic Riyad as-Salihin 553

They left me no alternative but that they either beg of me importunately or regard me as a miser, and I am not a miser

‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) divided some wealth, and I said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, were not other than those people more deserving of it than them?" He replied: "They left me no alternative but that…

"‏إنهم خيروني أن يسألوني بالفحش فأعطيهم، أو يبخلوني، ولست بباخل‏"

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  • المسند المستخرج على صحيح مسلم لأبي نعيم (2136)قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَسْمًا ، فَقُلْتُ : وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَغَيْرُ هَؤُلاءِ أَحَقُّ بِهِ مِنْهُمْ ، فَقَالَ : خَيَّرُونِي بَيْنَ أَنْ يَسْأَلُونِي بِالْفُحْشِ أَوْ يُبَخِّلُونِي فَلَسْتُ بِبَاخِلٍ
  • تهذيب الكمال للمزي (1180)خَيَّرُونِي بَيْنَ أَنْ يَسْأَلُونِي بِالْفُحْشِ ، أَوْ يُبَخِّلُونِي فَلَسْتُ بِبَاخِلٍ

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