The ruling on narrating the hadith about giving charity with the left hand and the error of the narrator
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Question:
The hadithBulugh al-Maram 15:20, this is what was mentioned regarding the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever gives charity with his right hand..." It is said that it was reported in reverse: "Whoever gives charity with his left hand?"
Answer:
This is a narration, but what is preserved in "the two Sahihs" is:Sahih al-Bukhari 1423. Some of the narrators made an error and said: "He gave charity and concealed it so that his right hand would not know what his left hand spends." This is an error by some of the narrators; some things occur in this regard. The scholars have pointed this out, and it does not cause harm, because "the two Sahihs" narrated the correct thing and established it. It may happen that some narrators make a mistake in some narrations; this occurs in authentic and non-authentic narrations alike. However, all the hadiths in "the two Sahihs" are preserved, except for one hadith in Muslim: Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 4:12 and so on, in which some error occurred.
The hadith
on the Day when there will be no shade but His.
سبعة يظلهم الله يوم لا ظل إلا ظلهAnswer:
This is a narration, but what is preserved in "the two Sahihs" is:
a person who practices charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given
ورجل تصدَّق بصدقةٍ فأخفاها، حتى لا تعلم شماله ما تُنفق يمينهIndeed, Allah created the earth on Saturday...
إنَّ الله خلق التربة يوم السبت ..
Source
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