Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #27810

Qutaibah narrated to us, Ibn Lahi’ah narrated to us, on the authority of Bukair bin Abdullah bin Al-Ashjaj, on the authority of Ata’ bin Yasar, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, that the Prophet prayed God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Shall I not tell you that the best of people is a man holding the reins of his horse in the path of God? He secludes himself in his spoils and fulfills God’s right to it. Shall I not tell you that the worst of people is a man who asks by God but does not give by Him? Abu Issa said this. It is a good and strange hadith from this perspective, and this hadith is narrated through more than one authority, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace.