Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:9060 حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَامِعِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {وَمَنْ يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ} وَإِنِّي امْرُؤٌ مَا قَدَرْتُ أَنْ لَا يَخْرُجَ مِنِّي شَيْءٌ وَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ قَدْ أَصَابَتْنِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «ذَكَرْتَ الْبُخْلَ وَبِئْسَ الشَّيْءُ الْبُخْلُ وَأَمَّا مَا ذَكَرَ اللهُ فَلَيْسَ مَا قُلْتَ ذَاكَ أَنْ تَعْمِدَ إِلَى مَالِ غَيْرِكَ أَوْ مَالِ أَخِيكَ فَتَأْكُلَهُ»
English Translation
A man came to Abdullah ibn Mas'ud and asked him about the verse 'And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be successful.' He said: 'I am a man who cannot let anything leave me, and I fear this verse has applied to me.' Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said: 'You have mentioned miserliness, and what a terrible thing miserliness is. But what Allah mentioned is not what you said. Rather, it is that you deliberately take the wealth of others or your brother and consume it.'