He overlooked its attribution to Imam Ahmad, even though Ahmad is more renowned and has a higher chain than the latter two! *
- (Give in charity, and do not withhold, lest Allah withhold from you.)
It is reported in the hadiths of Asma’ and ‘A’ishah.
First: the hadith of Asma’; it has several routes from her:
- Al-Bukhari (2590) narrated it, saying: Abu ‘Asim narrated to us from Ibn Jurayj, from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, from ‘Abbad ibn ‘Abdullah, from Asma’, may Allah be pleased with her—or, perhaps, from a woman who kept count—who said:
I said, “O Messenger of Allah, I possess no wealth other than what al-Zubayr provides for me. Should I give in charity?” He said: … and then cited it.
I say: ‘Abbad was ‘Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-‘Awwam; he was trustworthy.
Muslim (3/92–93), al-Nasa’i in al-Sunan al-Kubra (9193), Ahmad (6/353), al-Baghawi in Sharh al-Sunnah (1654), and al-Bayhaqi in al-Sunan al-Kubra (4/187) also narrated it through routes from Ibn Jurayj, who said: Ibn Abi Mulaykah informed me of it, with the wording:
“Give whatever you can, and do not withhold, lest Allah withhold from you.”
Al-Bukhari (1434) and Ahmad (6/354)—without giving the text of the hadith—also narrated it through Ibn Jurayj, who said: Ibn Abi Mulaykah informed me that ‘Abbad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr informed him, from Asma’ bint Abi Bakr—may Allah be pleased with them both—that she came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: … and then cited it (1).