Muhammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us, saying: Yahyā—meaning Ibn Sa‘īd—narrated to us, saying: Ibn ‘Ajlān narrated to us, saying: Sa‘īd ibn Yasār narrated to us, from Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“When someone gives charity from good earnings—and Allah accepts only what is good, and only what is good ascends to heaven—it falls into the palm of the Most Merciful, who nurtures it as one of you raises his weaned camel calf, until the date becomes as large as a mighty mountain.”

Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn Wahb narrated to us, saying: My uncle narrated to us, saying: Hishām ibn Sa‘d narrated to us a report like that narrated by Yūnus. ⦗143⦘ Muhammad ibn Yahyā narrated to us, saying: Ibn Abī Maryam narrated to us, saying: Bakr—meaning Ibn Mudar—informed us, saying: Ibn ‘Ajlān narrated to us, saying: Abū al-Hubāb Sa‘īd ibn Yasār informed me that Abū Hurayrah informed him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said something similar, but with the wording:

“Except that he places it in the hand of the Most Merciful, or in the palm of the Most Merciful.”

And he said:

“Until the date becomes as large as a mighty mountain.”