On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The one who strives to provide for the widow and the poor is like the one who strives in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic."(1)

79 - Chapter: Those Whose Hearts Are to Be Reconciled

2578 - Hannad ibn al-Sari informed us, from Abu al-Ahwas, from Sa'id ibn Masruq, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Nu'm(2).

On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: 'Ali sent—while he was in Yemen—a nugget of gold(3) with its dust to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, divided it among four men: al-Aqra' ibn Habis al-Hanzali, 'Uyaynah ibn Badr al-Fazari, 'Alqamah ibn 'Ulathah al-'Amiri—then one of the Banu Kilab—and Zayd al-Ta'i—then one of the Banu Nabhan. The Quraysh became angry—and he said another time:--------------------------------------------
(1) Its chain of transmission is sound. Abu al-Ghayth: he is Salim, the freed slave of Ibn Muti'. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra," no. (2369).
It was also narrated by al-Bukhari (6007), Muslim (2982), and Ibn Hibban (4245) via the chain of 'Abd Allah ibn Maslamah al-Qa'nabi, with this chain of transmission, and with them there is an addition: "And I think he said"—al-Qa'nabi expressing doubt—"like the one who stands in prayer without tiring, and like the one who fasts without breaking his fast."
It is in the "Muwatta'" of Malik (1916—in the narration of Abu Mus'ab al-Zuhri), and (960—in the narration of Muhammad ibn al-Hasan), and from his path it was narrated by al-Bukhari (5353), (6006/m), and al-Tirmidhi following the hadith (1969), and with them is something similar to the aforementioned addition. Al-Tirmidhi said: A good, rare, and sound hadith.
It was also narrated by Ahmad (8732) and Ibn Majah (2140) via the chain of 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Darawardi, from Thawr ibn Zayd, with it, and it contains the aforementioned addition.
And Malik narrated it in the "Muwatta'" (959—in the narration of Muhammad ibn al-Hasan) and (1915—in the narration of Abu Mus'ab al-Zuhri)—and from his path al-Bukhari (6006) and al-Tirmidhi (1969) narrated it—from Safwan ibn Sulaym as a suspended (mursal) hadith.
(2) In (H) and the printed edition: Nu'aym, which is an error.
(3) In (R) and (H) and the printed edition: with a small nugget of gold. It is a variant in the margin of both (K) and (M), and upon it al-Sindi based his commentary.