The Book of Zakah
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 2523
اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى سَارِقٍ لأَتَصَدَّقَنَّ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَخَرَجَ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَوَضَعَهَا فِي يَدِ زَانِيَةٍ فَأَصْبَحُوا يَتَحَدَّثُونَ تُصُدِّقَ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى زَانِيَةٍ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى زَانِيَةٍ لأَتَصَدَّقَنَّ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَخَرَجَ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَوَضَعَهَا فِي يَدِ غَنِيٍّ فَأَصْبَحُوا يَتَحَدَّثُونَ تُصُدِّقَ عَلَى غَنِيٍّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى زَانِيَةٍ وَعَلَى سَارِقٍ وَعَلَى غَنِيٍّ فَأُتِيَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَمَّا صَدَقَتُكَ فَقَدْ تُقُبِّلَتْ أَمَّا الزَّانِيَةُ فَلَعَلَّهَا أَنْ تَسْتَعِفَّ بِهِ مِنْ زِنَاهَا وَلَعَلَّ السَّارِقَ أَنْ يَسْتَعِفَّ بِهِ عَنْ سَرِقَتِهِ وَلَعَلَّ الْغَنِيَّ أَنْ يَعْتَبِرَ فَيُنْفِقَ مِمَّا أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
Allāhumma laka al-ḥamdu ʿalā sāriqin lʾataṣaddaqanna biṣadaqatin fakharaja biṣadaqatihi fawaḍaʿahā fī yadi zāniyatin fa-aṣbaḥūā yataḥaddathūna tuṣuddiqa al-laylaha ʿalā zāniyatin faqāla-Llāhumma 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 zāniyatin waʿalā sāriqin waʿalā ghaniyyin fa-utiya faqīla lah ammā ṣadaqatuka faqad tuqubbilat ammā az-zāniyah falaʿallahā an tastaʿiffa bihi min zināhā walaʿalla as-sāriqa an yastaʿiffa bihi ʿan sariqatihi walaʿalla al-ghaniyya an yaʿtabira fayunfiqa mimmā aʿṭāhu-Llāh ʿazza wajalla
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:"A man said" 'I am going to give some charity.' So he went out with his charity and put it in the hand of a thief. The next morning they started talking about how charity had been given to a thief. Then he said: 'O Allah, to You be praise for the thief. I am going to give some charity.' So he went out with his charity and put it in the hand of a prostitute. The next morning they started talking about how charity had been given to a prostitute. He said: 'O Allah, to You be praise for the prostitute. I am going to give some charity. So he went out with his charity and put it in the hand of a rich man. The next morning they started talking about how charity had been given to a rich man. He said: 'O Allah, th You be praise for the prostitute, the thief and the rich man. 'Then the message came to him: As for your charity, it is accepted. As for the prostitute, perhaps it will keep her from committing Zina. As for the thief, perhaps it will stop him from stealing. And as for the rich man, perhaps he will learn a lesson, and will spend from that which Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has given him
Source
Sunan an-Nasā'ī · 2523
- Abu Ghuddah: Sahih
- Al-Albani: Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Sahih - Agreed Upon