Haritha b. Wahb reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Give Sadaqa for a time is about to come when a person would walk with alms and the one whom it is to be given would say: Had you brought it yesterday, I would have accepted it. For the present I do not need it. (And the giver of Sadaqa) I would not find anyone to accept it.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَابْنُ، نُمَيْرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
تَصَدَّقُوا فَيُوشِكُ الرَّجُلُ يَمْشِي بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَيَقُولُ الَّذِي أُعْطِيَهَا لَوْ جِئْتَنَا بِهَا بِالأَمْسِ قَبِلْتُهَا فَأَمَّا الآنَ فَلاَ حَاجَةَ لِي بِهَا . فَلاَ يَجِدُ مَنْ يَقْبَلُهَا
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Isnad
9 transmitters- 1Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
- 2Muhammad bin 'Abdullah bin NumayrHamadan,al-Kufa · d. 234 AH
- 3Waki' bin al-JarrahKufa · d. ~197 AH
- 4Shu'bah bin al-HajjajWasit,Basra · d. 160 AH
- 5Muhammad bin al-Muthna - al-Zamanal-Basra · d. 252 AH
- 6Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Abi KathirMedina
- 7Shu'bah bin al-HajjajWasit,Basra · d. 160 AH
- 8Ma'bad bin Khalid al-Jadlial-Kufa · d. 112 AH
- 9Harithh bin Wahb al-Khza'yHijaz/Kufa
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 12, Hadith 74
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 5, Hadith 2206 (deprecated numbering scheme)