Early Sunni sources preserve a report that Amir ibn Abd Qays, may Allah have mercy on him, received his regular stipend and carried it home in the edge of his garment. Along the way, poor people approached him and he kept giving to them from the same money. When he reached his household, the remaining amount was counted. The report says that it was found equal to the amount he had originally received.
Early Sunni sources preserve a report about Amir ibn Abd Qays, may Allah have mercy on him, beginning with the payment of his regular stipend. The narration says that he received the money and placed it in the edge of his garment before setting out for home. Nothing unusual is described at first; the scene begins simply with a man carrying the payment that had been allotted to him.
As Amir traveled home, poor and needy people met him on the road and asked for help. The report says that he gave to them from the same stipend he had just received. It does not describe him opening a separate purse or setting aside a special sum for charity. Instead, the story presents him as continuing to give from the money in his garment whenever someone in need approached him.
When Amir finally reached his household, the money that remained with him was counted. At this point the narration gives the event for which the story was remembered: the amount found with him was reportedly equal to the amount he had received at the beginning. The source does not describe any visible explanation for how repeated giving had left the original amount undiminished. It simply records the result after the charity on the road.
Ibn al-Mubarak preserves this account in his Kitab al-Zuhd wa al-Raqa'iq, and al-Lalaka'i later records the same core event in material concerning the karamat of Amir ibn Abd Qays. Later biographical works also preserve the report. Across these tellings, the memorable sequence remains the same: the stipend is received, people in need are given from it, and the remaining money is then counted at home.
The story therefore closes on an image of generosity followed by unexpected preservation. Amir ibn Abd Qays receives what is due to him, shares from it freely with needy people during the journey home, and then finds the amount counted by his household equal to what he had first received. In the classical tradition, the episode is remembered as a blessing connected with charity and trust in Allah.
As Amir traveled home, poor and needy people met him on the road and asked for help. The report says that he gave to them from the same stipend he had just received. It does not describe him opening a separate purse or setting aside a special sum for charity. Instead, the story presents him as continuing to give from the money in his garment whenever someone in need approached him.
When Amir finally reached his household, the money that remained with him was counted. At this point the narration gives the event for which the story was remembered: the amount found with him was reportedly equal to the amount he had received at the beginning. The source does not describe any visible explanation for how repeated giving had left the original amount undiminished. It simply records the result after the charity on the road.
Ibn al-Mubarak preserves this account in his Kitab al-Zuhd wa al-Raqa'iq, and al-Lalaka'i later records the same core event in material concerning the karamat of Amir ibn Abd Qays. Later biographical works also preserve the report. Across these tellings, the memorable sequence remains the same: the stipend is received, people in need are given from it, and the remaining money is then counted at home.
The story therefore closes on an image of generosity followed by unexpected preservation. Amir ibn Abd Qays receives what is due to him, shares from it freely with needy people during the journey home, and then finds the amount counted by his household equal to what he had first received. In the classical tradition, the episode is remembered as a blessing connected with charity and trust in Allah.
Conclusion
The account ends with Amir ibn Abd Qays giving repeatedly from his stipend to needy people and then finding the amount counted at home equal to the sum he had originally received.
Sources
Ibn al-Mubarak, Kitab al-Zuhd wa al-Raqa'iq, report 862
Ibn al-Mubarak, Kitab al-Zuhd wa al-Raqa'iq, report 862
al-Lalaka'i, Sharh Usul I'tiqad Ahl al-Sunna, report 168
Ibn al-Mubarak route: Ma'mar -> Muhammad ibn Wasi' -> Abu al-Ala -> unnamed nephew of Amir
al-Lalaka'i, Karamat Amir ibn Abd Qays, report 168
Abu al-Ala Yazid ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Shikhkhir narrator dossier
al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, Amir ibn Abd Qays entry
CAND-0162 Task 1 evidence synthesis
Ibn al-Mubarak, Kitab al-Zuhd wa al-Raqa'iq, report 862
Ibn al-Mubarak, al-Zuhd, report 862; al-Lalaka'i, report 168