Word reached Umar that Rabah was keeping nothing in his house to meet his needs, so Umar sent him ten thousand. Rabah took the money and began to distribute it in small bundles.His wife said to him, "Where are you taking these?"He replied, "I am taking them to those who will multiply their reward for us." He left only a small portion of it.When what they had was exhausted, his wife said to him, "Go to some of those companions of yours to whom you gave the money so they could multiply it for you, and take from their profits." He kept putting her off and stalling her, and this went on for a long time.Then he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'If one of the maidens of Paradise were to show even one of her fingers, every living being would catch her fragrance.' Am I then to forsake them? No, by Allah, you are more deserving that I forsake you for their sake than that I forsake them for your sake."
بلغ عمر أنه لا يدخر في بيته من الحاجة، فبعث إليه بعشرة آلاف، فأخذها، فجعل يفرقها صررا، فقالت له امرأته: أين تذهب بهذه، قال: أذهب بها إلى من يرجح لنا فيها، فما أبقى منها إلا شيئا يسيرا، فلما نفذ الذي كان عندهم قالت له امرأته: اذهب إلى بعض أصحابك الذين أعطيتهم يرجحون لك، فخذ من أرباحهم، وجعل يدافعها و يماطلها حتى طال ذلك، فقال: سمعت رسول الله ﷺ: لو أن حورا أطلعت أصبعا من أصابعها لوجد ريحها كل ذي روح، فأنا أدعهن، لكن والله لأنتن أحق أن أدعكن لهن منهن لكن.
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Narrated by Abu Yaala as in Matalib Aliyah (4608), by Tabarani in al-Kabir (6/71-72) - and this is his wording -, and by Abu Naeem in al-Hilya (1/246-247), all of them via Abu Muawiya Muhammad bin Khazim, from Musa bin Qays al-Saghir, from Abdul-Rahman bin Sabit, from Saeed bin Amir bin Hudhaym, who said, and then he related it.Its isnad is hasan because of Musa bin Qays, for his hadith is hasan.