Shahih Muslim - 1698

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Suwaid bin Sa'id] telah menceritakan kepadaku [Hafsh bin Maisarah] dari dari [Musa bin Uqbah] dari [Abu Zinad] dari [Al A'raj] dari [Abu Hurairah] dari Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, beliau bersabda: "Ada seorang laki-laki berkata, 'Malam ini, aku benar-benar akan bersedekah.' Maka laki-laki itu pun keluar membawa sedekahnya, dan disedekahkannya kepada wanita pelacur. Esok harinya, orang-orang pun mengatakan bahwa tadi malam ada pelacur yang diberi sedekah. Maka laki-laki itu berdoa, 'Ya Allah, segala puji bagi-Mu yang telah mentakdirkan sedekahku jatuh di tangan pelacur. Aku akan bersedekah lagi.' Ia pun pergi dengan membawa sedekahnya, lalu diberikannya kepada orang kaya. Esok harinya, orang-orang pun membicarakannya bahwa tadi malam ada orang yang memberi sedekah kepada orang kaya. Maka laki-laki itu pun berkata, 'Ya Allah, Untuk-Mulah segala puji, karena Engkau telah menjadikan sedekahku jatuh di tangan orang yang kaya, aku akan bersedekah lagi.' Kemudian ia pergi lagi dengan membawa sedekahnya dan diberikannya kepada pencuri. Esok harinya, orang-orang pun membicarakannya, bahwa tadi malam ada orang yang bersedekah kepada pencuri. Laki-laki yang bersedekah itu pun berujar, 'Segala puji bagi Allah yang telah mentakdirkan sedekahku jatuh pada pelacur, kepada orang kaya, dan kepada pencuri.' Kemudian laki-laki itu didatangi malaikat seraya berkata, 'Sedekahmu telah diterima oleh Allah. Adapun shadaqahmu yang jatuh ke tangan perempuan pelacur, semoga ia berhenti dari perbuatan melacur, yang jatuh kepada orang kaya semoga dia menyadari dirinya dan bersedekah pula, sedangkan yang jatuh kepada si pencuri, semoga ia berhenti mencuri.'" (HR. Muslim: 1698)

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: A man expressed his intention to give charity, so he came out with charity and placed it in the hand of an adulteress. In the morning, the people were talking and saying: charity was given to an adulteress last night. He (the giver of Sadaqa) said: 0 Allah, to Thee be the praise-to an adulteress. He then again expressed his intention to give charity; so he went out with the charity and placed it in the hand of a rich person. In the morning the people were talking and saying: Charity was given to a rich person. He (the giver of charity) said: 0 Allah, to Thee be the praise-to a well-to-do person. He then expressed his intention to give charity, so he went out with charity and placed it in the hand of a thief. In the morning, the people were talking and saying: Charity was given to a thief. So (one of the persons) said: 0 Allah, to Thee be the praise (what a misfortune it is that charity has been given to) the adulteress, to a rich person. to a thief! There came (the angel to him) and he was told: Your charity has been accepted. As for the adulteress (the charity might become the means) whereby she might restrain herself from fornication. The rich man might perhaps learn a lesson and spend from what Allah has given him, and the thief might thereby refrain from committing theft. (Muslim: 1698)