Miscellaneous by Al-Albani-161

The Shaykh : The hadith that follows it is also authentic. It is narrated from 'Abd Allah ibn al-Shakhr (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)..." Perhaps I did not mention this in the previous hadith. Muslim narrated it from Abu Hurayrah, in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Muslim narrated it.
The hadith that follows it is also authentic. It is narrated from 'Abd Allah ibn al-Shakhr (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was reciting

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" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is also in the meaning of the hadith before it, and only some of its words differ... This hadith was narrated by Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, and al-Nasa'i. He said: "And hadiths of this type regarding charity and spending have been mentioned previously" The hadith is clear in meaning in its wording, but some may find difficult his statement at the end: If he had stopped at "you gave in charity"... it may appear to some people that the meaning is complete and clear, so why did he add to his statement: That is to draw attention, (peace and blessings be upon him), that it is not sufficient to give in charity by making a bequest, for example, and saying, "Give so much to such a poor person, and so much to such a mosque..." a bequest. Rather, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) draws attention to the fact that the charity whose benefit is certain for the one giving it is that which he carries out, meaning executes, during his lifetime, because he does not know what will happen if he bequeaths it to be distributed after his death. Perhaps the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), in this word, namely: is referring to an authentic hadith in al-Bukhari, the wording of which does not come to my mind now, but its meaning is that the stingy, miserly man is the one who, when death approaches him, makes a bequest and says, "Give so much to so-and-so, and so much to so-and-so, and so much to so-and-so." Then the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) says, "And this was for so-and-so and so-and-so," meaning you no longer own anything, because you are bidding farewell to the world for the Hereafter. So this wealth will remain for the people after you. Why was this not done before this? That is, why did you not execute it and give in charity while you were strong, hoping for wealth and fearing poverty? This is part of the full wording of the hadith that does not come to my mind now. So, means that you should execute the charity while you are in a state of life and ability, in a state of being strong and young, hoping for wealth and desiring it, and fearing poverty, as is the nature of people today. They say to you: "Save your white dirham for your black day" He saves his wealth for his old age. So when the young man gathers wealth, he thinks about the future of his life. Therefore, he is eager to hold onto this wealth. The generous one is the one who gives this wealth freely when his soul is attached to it. But when he becomes on the brink of his grave and sits down to be generous and says, "Give so much to such a house, and so much to such a house," that is the stingy one, and he is not the generous one. Because the generous one is the one who gives in charity while he is attached to life and while he loves wealth greatly.