The Messenger of Allah said: The parable of the one who spends and give in charity, and the one who is miserly, is that of two men wearing coats of mail, with their hands pressed closely to their breasts and their collarbones. When the one who spends wants to give charity, the (coat of mail) expends so much that it covers his fingertips and obliterates his traces. But when the miser wants to give, the (coat of mail) contracts and every ring grips the place where it is, and his hands are tied up to his collarbone.' Abu Hurairah says: 'I swear that he saw the Messenger trying to expand it but it did not. Tawus said: I heard Abu Hurairah said: I heard Abu Hurairah illustrating with his hand trying to expand it but it did not. (Sahaih)

:Telah mengabarkan kepada kami Ahmad bin Sulaiman ia berkata; Telah memberitahukan kepada kami Yahya bin Adam dari Sufyan bin 'Uyainah dari Daud bin Syabur dari 'Amr bin bin Syu'aib dari ayahnya dari kakekknya ia berkata Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: Barangsiapa siapa meminta sesuatu kepada orang lain padahal ia memiliki empat puluh dirham berarti ia orang yang meminta dengan paksaan.

The parable of the miser and the one who gives in charity is that of two men wearing coats of mail with their hands tied to their collarbones. Every time the one who gives thinks of giving in charity, the (coat of mail) expands until it obliterates his traces, and every time the miser thinks of giving charity, every circle (of the coat of mail) contracts and sticks to him, and his hand is tied up to his collarbones. I heard the Messenger of Allah say: He tries to expand it, but he cannot.

:Telah mengabarkan kepada kami Qutaibah ia berkata; Telah menceritakan kepada kami Ibnu Abi Ar Rijal dari 'Umarah bin Ghazziyah dari Abdurrahman bin Abu Sa'id Al Khudri dari bapaknya ia berkata; Ibuku mengutusku datang kepada Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam kemudian aku menemuinya dan duduk maka beliau menghadap kepadaku dan bersabda: Barang siapa yang merasa cukup Allah Azza wa Jalla memberinya kecukupan dan barang siapa yang menjaga kehormatan dirinya Allah 'azza wajalla menjaga kehormatannya dan barang siapa yang menahan diri dari meminta Allah 'azza wajalla memberikan kecukupan dan barang siapa yang meminta-minta sedangkan ia memiliki harta senilai satu uqiyah maka sungguh ia telah meminta dengan setengah paksaan. Maka aku katakan; untaku lebih baik dari pada satu uqiyah kemudian aku kembali dan tidak lagi bertanya kepada beliau.