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Biography: Imam al-Tibrizi (rh)

مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(أَمَنِيَّةٌ غَيْرُ مُكْتَمِلَةٍ لِحَضْرَةِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ)
(An unfulfilled wish of Hazrat Umar, may Allah be pleased with him)
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Hadith Number: 6030
6030 - وعن عمر - رضي الله عنه - قال: امرنا رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - ان نتصدق، ووافق ذلك عندي مالا، فقلت: اليوم اسبق ابا بكر إن سبقته يوما. قال: فجئت بنصف مالي. فقال رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم -: (ما ابقيت لاهلك؟) فقلت: مثله. واتى ابو بكر بكل ما عنده. فقال: (يا ابا بكر؟ ما ابقيت لاهلك؟). فقال: ابقيت لهم الله ورسوله  . قلت: لا اسبقه إلى شيء ابدا. رواه الترمذي، وابو داود.
God's messenger ordered us to give sadaqa, and as that happened when I had some property I said, "If I am going to get ahead of Abu Bakr any day I shall do so to-day." I brought half my property, and when God's messenger asked what I had kept for my family I told him I had kept a similar amount. Abu Bakr, then brought all he had, and when he asked him what he had kept for his family he replied that he had kept God and His messenger for them. I then said, "I shall never get ahead of him in anything." Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.


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