Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:9005 حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ السَّيْلَحِينِيُّ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يُحَدِّثُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ انْتَابَهُ أَهْلُ الرَّسَاتِيقِ وَالْقُرَى فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ أَعْمَى فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا الْأَوَّاهُ؟ قَالَ الرَّحِيمُ قَالَ فَمَا التَّبْذِيرُ؟ قَالَ «مَا أُنْفِقَ فِي غَيْرِ حَقٍّ» قَالَ فَمَا الْمَاعُونُ؟ قَالَ «مَا يَتَعَاوَنُ النَّاسُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَعْنِي الْعَوَارِي»
English Translation
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud used to narrate in the mosque every day, and on Thursday the people of the rural areas and villages would come to him. A blind man came and said: 'O Abu Abd al-Rahman, what is al-Awwah?' He said: 'The merciful.' He asked: 'What is squandering (tabdhir)?' He said: 'Spending in what is not right.' He asked: 'What is al-Ma'un?' He said: 'What people lend to one another, meaning borrowed items.'