Muslim 2382 · Book 12
Sahih Muslim, 2382
The Book of Zakat
Sahih (authentic)by the collection
حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَعْظَمُ فَقَالَ " أَنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ شَحِيحٌ تَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ وَتَأْمُلُ الْغِنَى وَلاَ تُمْهِلْ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَ قُلْتَ لِفُلاَنٍ كَذَا وَلِفُلاَنٍ كَذَا أَلاَ وَقَدْ كَانَ لِفُلاَنٍ " .
Abu Huraira reported that there came a person to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said:Messenger of Allah, which charity is the best? Upon this he said: That you should give charity (in a state when you are) healthy and close-fisted, one haunted by the fear of poverty, hoping to become rich (charity in such a state of health and mind is the best). And you must not defer (charity to such a length) that you are about to die and would he saying: This is for so and so, and this is for so and so. Lo, it has already come into (the possession of so and so)Rapporté par Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه : Un homme est venu voir le Messager d’Allah ﷺ et a demandé : « Ô Messager d’Allah, quelle est la meilleure aumône ? » Il ﷺ a répondu : « C’est de donner l’aumône quand tu es en bonne santé, que tu tiens à ton argent, que tu as peur de la pauvreté et que tu espères devenir riche. Ne tarde pas à donner jusqu’à ce que tu sois sur le point de mourir et que tu dises : “C’est pour untel, et c’est pour untel.” Car à ce moment-là, cela appartient déjà à ces personnes. »Grades given by scholars
Sahih collection: its hadiths are held authentic by the compiler.
Source: fawazahmed0/hadith-api (public domain).