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376 – Bishr ibn Muʿādh al-ʿAqadī al-ʿAbdī narrated to us; Maslamah ibn ʿAlqamah narrated to us; Dāwūd—meaning Ibn Abī Hind—narrated to us. He said: I asked al-Hasan, “A man provides for his family at a level that, if he wished, he could have settled for less.” He replied, “Man, be generous with yourself as Allah has been generous with you.”
٣٧٦ - حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ الْعَبْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَسْلَمَةُ بْنُ عَلْقَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي هِنْدَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلْحَسَنِ: الرَّجُلُ يُنْفِقُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ النَّفَقَةَ لَوْ شَاءَ اكْتَفَى بِدُونِهَا فَقَالَ: أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ أَوْسِعْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ كَمَا وَسَّعَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ