705—Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman informed us; he said: Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'id narrated to us; he said: al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan narrated to us; he said: Ibn al-Mubarak informed us; he said: Sufyan informed us, from Abd Allah ibn al-Sa'ib, from Abd Allah ibn Abi Qatadah al-Muharibi, who said: I heard Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud say:

“No man gives charity but that it falls into the hand of the Lord before it falls into the hand of the beggar, while he is placing it in the beggar’s hand.”

He then recited: “Indeed, Allah is the One who accepts repentance from His servants and receives charitable donations” [al-Tawbah 9:104].