Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا يُحْسِنَانِ الثَّنَاءَ يَذْكُرَانِ أَنَّكَ أَعْطَيْتَهُمَا دِينَارَيْنِ قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَكِنَّ وَاللَّهِ فُلَانًا مَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ لَقَدْ أَعْطَيْتُهُ مِنْ عَشَرَةٍ إِلَى مِائَةٍ فَمَا يَقُولُ ذَاكَ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيُخْرِجُ مَسْأَلَتَهُ مِنْ عِنْدِي يَتَأَبَّطُهَا يَعْنِي تَكُونُ تَحْتَ إِبْطِهِ يَعْنِي نَارًا قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لِمَ تُعْطِيهَا إِيَّاهُمْ قَالَ فَمَا أَصْنَعُ يَأْبَوْنَ إِلَّا ذَاكَ وَيَأْبَى اللَّهُ لِي الْبُخْلَ.
English Translation
Aswad ibn Amir told us, Abu Bakr told us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: Umar said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have heard so-and-so and so-and-so speaking well of you, mentioning that you gave them two dinars each." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "But by Allah, so-and-so is not like that; I gave him from ten up to a hundred, yet he does not say that. By Allah, indeed one of you takes his request away from me carrying it under his arm" - meaning it would be under his armpit - "meaning fire." Umar said: "O Messenger of Allah, why do you give it to them then?" He said: "What can I do? They refuse anything but that, and Allah refuses stinginess for me."