Sahih al-Bukhari, 2917

Rapporté par Abu Huraira : Le Prophète (ﷺ) a dit : « L’exemple de l’avare et de celui qui donne en aumône ressemble à deux hommes portant des tuniques de fer si serrées que leurs bras sont relevés jusqu’aux clavicules. Quand la personne généreuse veut donner, sa tunique s’élargit sur son corps au point d’effacer ses traces, mais quand l’avare veut donner, les anneaux de la tunique se resserrent et pressent son corps, et ses mains sont collées à ses clavicules. » Abu Huraira a entendu le Prophète (ﷺ) dire : « L’avare essaie alors de l’élargir, mais en vain. »

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The example of a miser and the one who gives in charity, is like the example of two men wearing iron cloaks so tightly that their arms are raised forcibly towards their collar-bones. So, whenever a charitable person wants to give in charity, his cloak spreads over his body so much so that it wipes out his traces, but whenever the miser wants to give in charity, the rings (of the iron cloak) come closer to each other and press over his body, and his hands get connected to his collarbones. Abu Huraira heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying. "The miser then tries to widen it but in vain