Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ قَالَ كَانَ مَرْثَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لَا يَجِيءُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ إِلَّا وَمَعَهُ شَيْءٌ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ قَالَ فَجَاءَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَمَعَهُ بَصَلٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَبَا الْخَيْرِ مَا تُرِيدُ إِلَى هَذَا يُنْتِنُ عَلَيْكَ ثَوْبَكَ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي إِنَّهُ وَاللَّهِ مَا كَانَ فِي مَنْزِلِي شَيْءٌ أَتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ غَيْرُهُ إِنَّهُ حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ظِلُّ الْمُؤْمِنِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ صَدَقَتُهُ.
English Translation
Isma'il narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, who said: Marthad ibn Abdullah never came to the mosque except with something to give in charity. One day he came to the mosque with an onion, so I said to him: Abu al-Khayr, what do you want with this? It will make your garment stink. He said: O son of my brother, by Allah there was nothing else in my house to give in charity except it. A man among the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, narrated to me from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: The shade of the believer on the Day of Resurrection is his charity.