1585 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, al-Layth narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Sa'd ibn Sinan, from Anas ibn Malik that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The one who transgresses in charity is like the one who withholds it."(1)

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It was also recorded by al-Bukhari (1458) and (7372), and Muslim (19) (31), via the chain of Isma'il ibn Umayyah, from Yahya ibn 'Abdullah, through him.

And from it, his saying: "And fear the supplication of the oppressed..." was recorded by al-Bukhari (2448) and al-Tirmidhi (2133) via two chains, from Waki', through him.

And al-Bukhari (7371) recorded it via the chain of Abu 'Asim al-Dahhak, from Zakariyya ibn Ishaq, through him, restricting it to his saying: that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, sent Mu'adh to Yemen.

It is also in "Musnad Ahmad" (2071) and "Sahih Ibn Hibban" (156).

Al-kara'im is the plural of karimah. It is said: a karimah she-camel, meaning one abundant in milk. The intended meaning is: precious properties of any kind. It is called "precious" (nafis) because the soul of its owner is attached to it.

And his saying: "And fear the supplication of the oppressed." Al-Hafiz said: That is, avoid oppression lest the oppressed supplicate against you. In this there is an indication of the prohibition of all types of oppression. The subtle point in mentioning it after the prohibition of taking precious properties is the indication that taking them is oppression.

In this hadith there is observance of the jurisprudence of priorities.

(1) Its chain is sound (hasan). Sa'd ibn Sinan — this is how his name appears here, and al-Bukhari corrected that his name is Sinan ibn Sa'd, as al-Tirmidhi reported from him in "al-'Ilal" 1/321. He said concerning this Sinan: he is sound, his hadith is acceptable. Ahmad ibn Salih al-Misri and Ibn Ma'in declared him trustworthy, Ibn Hibban mentioned him in "al-Thiqat," and Ibn Khuzaymah (2335) declared this hadith of his authentic. Al-Tirmidhi (652) and Ibn al-Qattan in "Bayan al-Wahm" 4/214 declared it hasan. Ibn 'Adi said in "al-Kamil" 3/1193 after mentioning a number of hadiths narrated by Sinan ibn Sa'd from Anas, this being one of them: "These hadiths are of the kind that should be abandoned altogether, as Ibn Hanbal mentioned that he abandoned these hadiths due to the discrepancy concerning Sa'd ibn Sinan and Sinan ibn Sa'd." Al-Layth: he is Ibn Sa'd.

It was also recorded by Ibn Majah (1808) and al-Tirmidhi (652) via two chains from al-Layth, with this chain. =