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The Meanings of Reports · Hadith 442 (#Ḥadīth #2)

Chapter 266 | The meaning of stinginess and avarice

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا أحمد بن إدريس، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن النضر بن سويد، عن عبد الأعلى الأرجاني، عن عبد الأعلى بن أعين، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: إن البخيل من كسب مالا من غير حلة وأنفقه في غير حقه.

2. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Ahmad bin Idrees, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from his father, from Nadhr bin Suwayd, from Abdul-A’la al-Arjani,from Abdul-A’la bin A’yan, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: Indeed, the stingy is the one who acquires a property from other than its lawful method and spends it in other than its right.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).