The Book of Zakat
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2362
اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى زَانِيَةٍ لأَتَصَدَّقَنَّ بِصَدَقَةٍ . فَخَرَجَ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَوَضَعَهَا فِي يَدِ غَنِيٍّ فَأَصْبَحُوا يَتَحَدَّثُونَ تُصُدِّقَ عَلَى غَنِيٍّ . قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى غَنِيٍّ لأَتَصَدَّقَنَّ بِصَدَقَةٍ . فَخَرَجَ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَوَضَعَهَا فِي يَدِ سَارِقٍ فَأَصْبَحُوا يَتَحَدَّثُونَ تُصُدِّقَ عَلَى سَارِقٍ . فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى زَانِيَةٍ وَعَلَى غَنِيٍّ وَعَلَى سَارِقٍ . فَأُتِيَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَمَّا صَدَقَتُكَ فَقَدْ قُبِلَتْ أَمَّا الزَّانِيَةُ فَلَعَلَّهَا تَسْتَعِفُّ بِهَا عَنْ زِنَاهَا وَلَعَلَّ الْغَنِيَّ يَعْتَبِرُ فَيُنْفِقُ مِمَّا أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ وَلَعَلَّ السَّارِقَ يَسْتَعِفُّ بِهَا عَنْ سَرِقَتِهِ
Allāhumma laka al-ḥamdu ʿalā zāniyatin lʾataṣaddaqanna biṣadaqatin . fakharaja biṣadaqatihi fawaḍaʿahā fī yadi ghaniyyin fa-aṣbaḥūā yataḥaddathūna tuṣuddiqa ʿalā ghaniyyin . qāla-Llāhumma laka al-ḥamdu ʿalā ghaniyyin lʾataṣaddaqanna biṣadaqatin . fakharaja biṣadaqatihi fawaḍaʿahā fī yadi sāriqin fa-aṣbaḥūā yataḥaddathūna tuṣuddiqa ʿalā sāriqin . faqāla-Llāhumma laka al-ḥamdu ʿalā zāniyatin waʿalā ghaniyyin waʿalā sāriqin . fa-utiya faqīla lah ammā ṣadaqatuka faqad qubilat ammā az-zāniyah falaʿallahā tastaʿiffu bihā ʿan zināhā walaʿalla al-ghaniyya yaʿtabiru fayunfiqu mimmā aʿṭāhu-Llāh walaʿalla as-sāriqa yastaʿiffu bihā ʿan sariqatihi
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:A man expressed his intention to give charity, so he came out with charity and placed it in the hand of an adulteress. In the morning, the people were talking and saying: charity was given to an adulteress last night. He (the giver of Sadaqa) said: 0 Allah, to Thee be the praise-to an adulteress. He then again expressed his intention to give charity; so he went out with the charity and placed it in the hand of a rich person. In the morning the people were talking and saying: Charity was given to a rich person. He (the giver of charity) said: 0 Allah, to Thee be the praise-to a well-to-do person. He then expressed his intention to give charity, so he went out with charity and placed it in the hand of a thief. In the morning, the people were talking and saying: Charity was given to a thief. So (one of the persons) said: 0 Allah, to Thee be the praise (what a misfortune it is that charity has been given to) the adulteress, to a rich person. to a thief! There came (the angel to him) and he was told: Your charity has been accepted. As for the adulteress (the charity might become the means) whereby she might restrain herself from fornication. The rich man might perhaps learn a lesson and spend from what Allah has given him, and the thief might thereby refrain from committing theft
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 2362
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)