Muwatta Malik #1982
Sadaqa
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الأَرْقَمِ ادْلُلْنِي عَلَى بَعِيرٍ مِنَ الْمَطَايَا أَسْتَحْمِلُ عَلَيْهِ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ جَمَلاً مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ . فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الأَرْقَمِ أَتُحِبُّ أَنَّ رَجُلاً بَادِنًا فِي يَوْمٍ حَارٍّ غَسَلَ لَكَ مَا تَحْتَ إِزَارِهِ وَرُفْغَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَعْطَاكَهُ فَشَرِبْتَهُ قَالَ فَغَضِبْتُ وَقُلْتُ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَكَ أَتَقُولُ لِي مِثْلَ هَذَا فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الأَرْقَمِ إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَةُ أَوْسَاخُ النَّاسِ يَغْسِلُونَهَا عَنْهُمْ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that his
father said, "Abdullah ibn al-Arqam said, 'Show me a riding-camel
which the amir al-muminim can give me to use.' I said, 'Yes. One of
the sadaqa camels.' Abdullah ibn al-Arqam said, 'Would you want a
stout man on a hot day to wash for you what is under his lower garment
and its folds, and then give it to you to drink?' I was angry and
said, 'May Allah forgive you! Why do you say such things to me?'
Abdullah ibn al-Arqam said, 'Sadaqa is the impurities of people which
they wash off themselves.' "
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This hadith is #1982 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Sadaqa.