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Hadith 352
Hadith #
352
Book
Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār
Volume
1
Section
193
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Content
Chapter
The meaning of the needy and the beggar
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
2. With this chain of narrators, from Ali bin Mahziyar, from Hussain bin Sa’eed, from Safwan, from Saif, the Date Seller, that he said
Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said: Sa’eed bin Abdul-Malik came, as a pilgrim, and met my father, peace be upon him, and said: I dragged an (animal of) offering, so what do I do? He said: Feed your family a third, the needy a third, and the beggar a third. I said: Is the beggar the one who asks? He said: Yes, and the needy is the one who is content with what you send to him of the piece and what is above. The beggar is the one who approaches you (suddenly) and does not ask you.
وبهذا الاسناد، عن علي بن مهزيار، عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن صفوان، عن سيف التمار، قال
قال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: إن سعيد بن عبد الملك قدم حاجا فلقى أبي عليه السلام فقال: إني سقت هديا فكيف أصنع؟ فقال: أطعم أهلك ثلثا، وأطعم القانع ثلثا، وأطعم المسكين ثلثا، قلت: المسكين هو السائل؟ قال: نعم، والقانع يقنع بما أرسلت إليه من البضعة فما فوقها، والمعتر يعتريك لا يسألك.
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