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al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 13375

✧ What the Prophet used to accept: he would not accept what was given as charity but would accept what was given as a gift.

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أَخْبَرَنَا ) أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ الْمُزَكِّي، أَنْبَأَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَطَّانُ، ثَنَا قَطَنُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ أَنَّهُ قَالَ:

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِطَعَامٍ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ: أَهُوَ هَدِيَّةٌ أَمْ صَدَقَةٌ ؟ فَإِنْ قِيلَ صَدَقَةٌ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: كُلُوا، وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ، وَإِنْ قِيلَ هَدِيَّةٌ ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ وَأَكَلَ مَعَهُمْ

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Bālawayh al-Muzakkī Anbaʾ Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Qaṭṭān
  2. Qaṭan b. Ibrāhīm
  3. Ḥafṣ b. ʿAbdullāh
  4. Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān
  5. Muḥammad b. Ziyād
  6. Abū Hurayrah

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When food was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he would ask about it: "Is it a gift or charity?" If it was said to be charity, he would say to his Companions: "Eat," and he would not eat. And if it was said to be a gift, he would reach out with his hand and eat with them.

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Narrators

  1. Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī
    The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
    أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
    عن
  2. Muḥammad b. Ziyād
    Trustworthy (thiqah), firm (thabt), sometimes narrates mursald. between 121 AH and 130 AH
    مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍثقة ثبت ربما أرسل
    عن
  3. Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān
    Trustworthy (thiqah) who narrates unusual reports (yughrib); he was criticized for Irjāʾ (Murjiʾism), and it is said that he retracted itd. 158 AH, or 160 AH, or 163 AH, or 168 AH
    إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَثقة يغرب ، تكلم فيه للإرجاء ، ويقال : رجع عنه
    حدثني
  4. Abī
    truthful (ṣadūq)d. 209 AH
    حَفْصُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِصدوق
    حدثنا
  5. Qaṭan b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿĪsá b. Muslim b. Khālid b. Qaṭan b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ghaṭafān b. Suhayl b. Salamah b. Qushayr
    truthful (ṣadūq), makes mistakes (yukhṭiʾ)d. 261 AH
    قَطَنُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَصدوق يخطئ
    حدثنا
  6. Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Qaṭṭān
    d. 332 AH
    أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَطَّانُ
    أنبأ
  7. Abū Muḥammad: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Bālawayh al-Muzakkī
    d. 410 AH
    أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ الْمُزَكِّي
    أخبرنا
  8. al-Bayhaqī
    d. 458 AH
    البيهقي

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