Hadith #12
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَي
ْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ بِالْخَيْرِ وَكَانَ أَجْوَدَ مَا يَكُونُ فِي رَمَضَانَ حِينَ يَلْقَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ وَكَانَ يَلْقَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ فِي رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى يَنْسَلِخَ يَعْرِضُ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ فَإِذَا لَقِيَهُ جِبْرِيلُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَجْوَدَ بِالْخَيْرِ مِنْ الرِّيحِ الْمُرْسَلَةِ
Isnad Chain
أبو كامل
إبراهيم بن سعد
ابن شهاب
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) — via 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Utbah — that Ibn 'Abbas said: 'the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the most generous of people in giving good, and he was at his most generous during Ramadan when Jibril (عليه السلام) would meet him. Jibril used to meet him every night of Ramadan until it ended, reviewing the Quran with him. When Jibril met him, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was more generous in goodness than the freely blowing wind.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 11, Hadith 12
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3250
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39640