71 - Chapter: On the One Who Is Asked but Does Not Give

2566 - Muhammad ibn Abd al-A'la informed us, saying: Al-Mu'tamir narrated to us, saying: I heard Bahz ibn Hakim narrating from his father, from his grandfather, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "No man comes to his kinsman asking him for some of the bounty he has, and he refuses to give it to him, but on the Day of Resurrection a serpent will be summoned for him, opening its mouth wide, to swallow the bounty that he withheld."

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There are other differences in the chain of transmission of this hadith; see al-Daraqutni's *'Ilal* 9/425-426, and al-Tamhid 4/298-301.

It was also narrated by Ahmad (16648), (23233), and (27152) from Waki', from Sufyan al-Thawri, from Mansur ibn Hayyan, from Ibn Bajjad, from his grandmother, with the same content; and "Ibn Bajjad" was distorted in the first narration to "Ibn Najjad," as indicated by the other two repetitions. Ibn Bajjad—the correct form is Ibn Bujayd, for Ibn Abd al-Barr mentioned in al-Tamhid 4/298 that the narration of Mansur ibn Hayyan is like the narration of Malik.

The hadith will come with similar wording via the path of Sa'id al-Maqburi, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Bujayd, with the same content, under number (2574).

His saying: "bi-zilf" (with a hoof)—with a kasra on the unpointed za'—refers to the hoof of cattle and sheep, just as the hoof is for horses and mules, and the pad is for camels; the intent is hyperbole. Al-Sindi said this.

(1) In (M): "su'ila" (was asked).
(2) In (R): "fa-mana'ahu" (and he refused him).
(3) In the margins of (K) and (H): "shuja'an" (a serpent). [Variant reading].
(4) Its chain is good (hasan) because of Hakim, who is Ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Haydah, and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy. Al-Mu'tamir is Ibn Sulayman. It is in *al-Sunan al-Kubra* under number (2358).

It was also narrated by Ahmad (20020), (20032), and (20047), and Abu Dawud (5139) via multiple paths, from Bahz ibn Hakim, with this chain; and in Abu Dawud's version there is an addition of the Companion's question: "Whom should I honor most?"

It was also narrated by Ahmad (20023) via the path of Abu Qaza'ah Suwayd ibn Hujayr al-Bahili, from Hakim ibn Mu'awiyah, with the same content, and at its end he added: Affan said: "By 'kinsman' (mawla) he means his paternal cousin." =