#4578

The same hadith has been narrated by a different chain of transmitters with a slight variation in wording:'Umar b. al-Khattab sent for me and said: Some families from your tribe have come to me (then follows the foregoing hadith) by Malik with the difference that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would spend on his family for a year. And sometimes Ma'mar said: He would retain sustenance for his family for a year, and what was left of that he spent in the cause of Allah, the Majestic and Exalted

حدثنا اسحاق بن ابراهيم، ومحمد بن رافع، وعبد بن حميد، - قال ابن رافع حدثنا وقال الاخران، اخبرنا عبد الرزاق، - اخبرنا معمر، عن الزهري، عن مالك بن اوس، بن الحدثان قال ارسل الى عمر بن الخطاب فقال انه قد حضر اهل ابيات من قومك . بنحو حديث مالك . غير ان فيه، فكان ينفق على اهله منه سنة وربما قال معمر يحبس قوت اهله منه سنة ثم يجعل ما بقي منه مجعل مال الله عز وجل