{"id":1128,"collection_id":1,"collection":"bukhari","collection_name":"Sahih al-Bukhari","book_number":"24","bab_id":28.0,"english_bab_number":"28","arabic_bab_number":"28","hadith_number":"1443","our_hadith_number":46,"arabic_urn":113430,"arabic_bab_name":"باب مَثَلِ الْمُتَصَدِّقِ وَالْبَخِيلِ","arabic_text":"مَثَلُ الْبَخِيلِ وَالْمُتَصَدِّقِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلَيْنِ، عَلَيْهِمَا جُبَّتَانِ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ ‏\"","arabic_transliteration":"mathalu albakhiyli waalmutasaddiqi kamathali rajulayni، 'alayhimaa jubbataani min hadiydin ‏\"","arabic_grade":"صحيح","english_urn":13610,"english_bab_name":"The examples of an alms-giver and a miser","english_text":"<p>\nNarrated Abu Huraira:\n\n<p>The Prophet said, \"The example of a miser and an almsgiver is like the example of two persons \nwearing iron cloaks.\" Allah's Apostle also said, \"The example of an almsgiver and a miser is like the \nexample of two persons who have two iron cloaks on them from their breasts to their collar bones, and \nwhen the almsgiver wants to give in charity, the cloak becomes capacious till it covers his whole body \nto such an extent that it hides his fingertips and covers his footprints (obliterates his tracks). (1) And \nwhen the miser wants to spend, it (the iron cloak) sticks and every ring gets stuck to its place and he \ntries to widen it, but it did not become wide.","english_grade":"Sahih","last_updated":null,"xrefs":""}