12. Zakāh
«يَا عَمْرُو نِعْمَ الْمَالُ الصَّالِحُ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ الصَّالِحِ»
✧ "O 'Amr, how excellent is righteous wealth with a righteous man."
«يَا عَمْرُو اشْدُدْ عَلَيْكَ سِلَاحَكَ وَثِيَابَكَ» قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَوَجَدْتُهُ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَصَعَّدَ فِيَّ النَّظَرَ وَصَوَّبَهُ قَالَ «يَا عَمْرُو إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَبْعَثَكَ وَجْهًا فَيُسَلِّمَكَ اللَّهُ وَيُغْنِمَكَ وَأَزْعَبُ لَكَ مِنَ الْمَالِ زَعْبَةً صَالِحَةً» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَمْ أُسْلِمْ رَغْبَةً فِي الْمَالِ إِنَّمَا أَسْلَمْتُ رَغْبَةً فِي الْجِهَادِ وَالْكَيْنُونَةِ مَعَكَ قَالَ «يَا عَمْرُو نِعِمَّا بِالْمَالِ الصَّالِحِ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ الصَّالِحِ»
✧ "O 'Amr, fasten your weapons and your clothes tightly." He said: I did so, then I came to him and found him performing ablution. He raised his head and gave me an upward and downward look. He said: "O 'Amr, I intend to send you on an expedition, that Allah may keep you safe and grant you spoils, and I will assign you a good portion of wealth." I said: O Messenger of Allah, I did not accept Islam out of desire for wealth; I accepted Islam out of desire for jihad and to be with you. He said: "O 'Amr, how excellent is righteous wealth with a righteous man."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3212Hasan sahih
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي وَجَعِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ «يَا عَائِشَةُ مَا فَعَلْتِ الذَّهَبُ» قَالَتْ قُلْتُ هِيَ عِنْدِي قَالَ «فَأْتِينِي بِهَا» وَهِيَ بَيْنَ السَّبْعَةِ وَالْخَمْسَةِ فَجِئْتُ فَوَضَعْتُهَا فِي كَفِّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَا ظَنُّ مُحَمَّدٍ بِاللَّهِ لَوْ لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهَذِهِ عِنْدَهُ أَنْفِقِيهَا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said during the illness in which he died: "O 'A'ishah, what did you do with the gold?" She said: I said: It is with me. He said: "Bring it to me." It was between seven and five. I brought it and placed it in his palm. Then he said: "What does Muhammad think of Allah, if he meets Allah while this is with him? Spend it."
لَوْ رَأَيْتُمَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فِي مَرَضٍ لَهُ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ عِنْدِي سِتَّةُ دَنَانِيرَ أَوْ سَبْعَةٌ قَالَتْ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُفَرِّقَهَا فَشَغَلَنِي وَجَعُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى عَافَاهُ اللَّهُ قَالَتْ ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي عَنْهَا فَقُلْتُ لَا وَاللَّهِ قَدْ كَانَ شَغَلَنِي وَجَعُكَ قَالَتْ فَدَعَا بِهَا فَوَضَعَهَا فِي كَفِّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَا ظَنُّ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ لَوْ لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ؟ »
✧ If you had seen the Prophet of Allah ﷺ one day during an illness of his. He had with me six or seven dinars. She said: He ordered me to distribute them, but the pain of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ distracted me until Allah cured him. She said: Then he asked me about them. I said: No, by Allah, your pain had distracted me. She said: He called for them and placed them in his palm. Then he said: "What does the Prophet of Allah think, if he meets Allah while it is with him?"
«مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ أُحُدًا لِي ذَهَبًا يَأْتِي عَلَيَّ ثَلَاثٌ وَعِنْدِي مِنْهُ دِينَارٌ غَيْرَ شَيْءٍ أَرْصُدُهُ فِي دَيْنٍ عَلَيَّ»
✧ "It would not please me to have gold equal to Uhud: three days pass while I have a dinar of it, except something I set aside for a debt I owe."
«إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ فَمَنْ أَعْطَيْنَاهُ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا بِطِيبِ نَفْسٍ مِنَّا وَحَسَنِ طُعْمَةٍ مِنْهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَرِهِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَعْطَيْنَاهُ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا بِغَيْرِ طِيبِ نَفْسٍ مِنَّا وَحَسَنِ طُعْمَةٍ مِنْهُ وَإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ كَانَ غَيْرَ مُبَارَكٍ لَهُ فِيهِ»
✧ "The world is green and sweet. Whoever We give something from it with a good heart from Us and good enjoyment from it, without greed, is blessed in it. Whoever We give something from it without a good heart from Us, with good enjoyment and covetousness, is not blessed in it."
«إِذَا أَدَّيْتَ زَكَاةَ مَالِكَ فَقَدْ قَضَيْتَ مَا عَلَيْكَ فِيهِ وَمَنْ جَمَعَ مَالًا حَرَامًا ثُمَّ تَصَدَّقَ بِهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ فِيهِ أَجْرٌ وَكَانَ إِصْرُهُ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ "If you pay the zakah of your wealth, you have fulfilled what is due from it. Whoever gathers unlawful wealth and then gives charity from it will have no reward for it, and its burden will be upon him."
«نَحْنُ الْآخِرُونَ وَالْأَوَّلُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَإِنَّ الْأَكْثَرِينَ هُمُ الْأَسْفَلُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ قَالَ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَيَحْثِي بِثَوْبِهِ»
✧ "We are the last and the first on the Day of Resurrection. The most numerous are the lowest, except for one who says thus and thus, to his right, to his left, behind him, and in front of him, and scoops with his garment."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3218No grade recorded
«تَعِسَ عَبْدُ الدِّينَارِ وَعَبْدُ الدِّرْهَمِ وَعَبْدُ الْقَطِيفَةِ وَعَبْدُ الْخَمِيصَةِ إِنْ أُعْطِيَ رَضِيَ وَإِنْ مُنِعَ سَخِطَ»
✧ "Wretched is the slave of the dinar, the slave of the dirham, the slave of the velvet cloth, and the slave of the fine garment. If he is given, he is pleased; if he is denied, he is displeased."
«قَلْبُ ابْنِ آدَمَ شَابٌّ عَلَى حُبِّ اثْنَتَيْنِ طُولِ الْعُمُرِ وَالْمَالِ»
✧ The heart of the son of Adam remains young in love of two things: length of life and wealth.
سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا حَكِيمَ بْنَ حِزَامٍ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ حُلْوَةٌ خَضِرَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِسَخَاوَةِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى» قَالَ حَكِيمُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَا أَرْزَأُ أَحَدًا بَعْدَكَ شَيْئًا حَتَّى أُفَارِقَ الدُّنْيَا قَالَ عُرْوَةُ وَسَعِيدٌ فَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَدْعُو حَكِيمًا فَيُعْطِيهِ الْعَطَاءَ فَيَأْبَى ثُمَّ كَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ يُعْطِيهِ فَيَأْبَى فَيَقُولُ عُمَرُ إِنِّي أُشْهِدُكُمْ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلَى حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ أَنِّي أَعْرِضُ عَلَيْهِ حَقَّهُ الَّذِي قُسِمَ لَهُ مِنْ هَذَا الْفَيْءِ فَيَأْبَى يَأْخُذُهُ قَالَ فَلَمْ يَرْزَأْ حَكِيمٌ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَ
✧ I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ and he gave me, then I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me, then I asked and he gave me, then the Messenger of God ﷺ said: "O Hakim b. Hizam, this wealth is sweet and green. Whoever takes it with a generous soul will be blessed in it, and whoever takes it with an avaricious soul will not be blessed in it, and will be like one who eats but is not satisfied. The upper hand is better than the lower hand." Hakim said: I said, "O Messenger of God, by the One who sent you with the truth, I will not take anything from anyone after you until I leave this world." 'Urwah and Sa'id said: Abu Bakr would call Hakim and give him a gift, but he refused. Then 'Umar b. al-Khattab would give him, but he refused. 'Umar would say, "I call you to witness, O assembly of Muslims, regarding Hakim b. Hizam, that I offer him his right which was apportioned for him from this booty, but he refuses to take it." He said: Hakim did not take anything from any of the people after the Messenger of God ﷺ until he died.
«إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُخْلُفُكُمْ فِيهَا لِيَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ فَاتَّقُوا الدُّنْيَا وَاتَّقُوا النِّسَاءَ فَإِنَّ أَوَّلَ فِتْنَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانَتِ النِّسَاءَ»
✧ "The world is green and sweet, and God will make you successors in it to see how you act. So beware of the world and beware of women, for the first trial of the Children of Israel was women."
«مَا أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمْ بَعْدِي الْفَقْرَ وَلَكِنِّي أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ وَمَا أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمُ الْخَطَأَ وَلَكِنِّي أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمُ الْعَمْدَ»
✧ "I do not fear poverty for you after me, but I fear for you competition in wealth, and I do not fear error for you, but I fear for you deliberate actions."
«لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ فِتْنَةٌ وَإِنَّ فِتْنَةَ أُمَّتِي الْمَالُ»
✧ "Every nation has a trial, and the trial of my nation is wealth."
آخِرُ مَا خَطَبَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ صَلَّى عَلَى شُهَدَاءِ أُحُدٍ ثُمَّ رَقِيَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَكُمْ فَرَطٌ وَأَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدٌ وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى حَوْضِي الْآنَ فِي مَقَامِي هَذَا وَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا أَخَافُ أَنْ تُشْرِكُوا بَعْدِي وَلَكِنِّي أُرِيتُ أَنِّي أُعْطِيتُ مَفَاتِيحَ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ فَأَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَنَافَسُوا فِيهَا»
✧ The last time the Messenger of God ﷺ addressed us, he prayed over the martyrs of Uhud, then mounted the pulpit, praised God and extolled Him, then said: "I am your forerunner and I am a witness over you. I am looking at my cistern now from this station of mine. By God, I do not fear that you will associate partners with God after me, but I was shown that I have been given the keys to the treasures of the earth, and I fear for you that you will compete over them."
خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ أَخْوَفَ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ مَا يُخْرِجُ اللَّهُ مِنْ زِينَةِ الدُّنْيَا وَزَهْرَتِهَا» فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوَ يَأْتِي الْخَيْرُ بِالشَّرِّ؟ فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَأَيْنَا أَنَّهُ يُنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ مَا شَأْنُكَ تُكَلِّمُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُكَ؟ فَسُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يَمْسَحُ عَنْهُ الرُّحَضَاءَ وَقَالَ «أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ» وَرَأَيْنَا أَنَّهُ حَمِدَهُ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ لَا يَأْتِي بِالشَّرِّ وَإِنَّ مِمَّا يُنْبِتُ الرَّبِيعُ يَقْتُلُ أَوْ يُلِمُّ حَبَطًا أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى آكِلَةِ الْخَضِرِ أَكَلَتْ حَتَّى امْتَلَأَتْ خَاصِرَتَاهَا اسْتَقْبَلَتْ عَيْنَ الشَّمْسِ فَثَلَطَتْ وَبَالَتْ ثُمَّ رَتَعَتْ وَإِنَّ الْمَالَ حُلْوَةٌ خَضِرَةٌ وَنِعْمَ صَاحِبُ الْمُسْلِمِ هُوَ إِنْ وَصَلَ الرَّحِمَ وَأَنْفَقَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَمَثَلُ الَّذِي يَأْخُذُهُ بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهُ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ وَيَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ شَهِيدًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ addressed us and said: "The most fearful thing I fear for you is what God brings out of the adornment and splendor of this world." A man said to him, "O Messenger of God, does good come with evil?" The Messenger of God ﷺ remained silent. We saw that revelation was descending upon him. It was said to the man, "What is the matter with you? You speak to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he does not speak to you." Then the Messenger of God ﷺ was relieved, and he began wiping away the sweat and said, "Where is the questioner?" And we saw that he praised him, then said: "Good does not come with evil. Indeed, some of what the spring rain causes to grow kills or nearly kills by bloating, except for the eater of green plants: it eats until its flanks are full, faces the sun, then defecates and urinates, then grazes again. Wealth is sweet and green, and an excellent companion for a Muslim is the one who, from it, maintains kinship ties and spends in the way of God. The example of one who takes it without his right is like one who eats but is not satisfied, and it will be a witness against him on the Day of Resurrection."
قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ «لَا وَاللَّهِ مَا أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمْ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِلَّا مَا يُخْرِجُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ مِنْ زُهْرَةِ الدُّنْيَا» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيَأْتِي الْخَيْرُ بِالشَّرِّ؟ فَصَمَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ «كَيْفَ قُلْتَ»؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَهَلْ يَأْتِي الْخَيْرُ بِالشَّرِّ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ لَا يَأْتِي إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ وَلَكِنْ هُوَ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَا يُنْبِتُ الرَّبِيعُ يَقْتُلُ حَبَطًا أَوْ يُلِمُّ إِلَّا آكِلَةَ الْخَضِرِ أَكَلَتْ حَتَّى إِذَا امْتَلَأَتْ خَاصِرَتَاهَا اسْتَقْبَلْتِ الشَّمْسَ فَثَلَطَتْ وَبَالَتْ ثُمَّ اجْتَرَّتْ فَعَادَتْ فَأَكَلَتْ فَمَنْ أَخَذَ مَالًا بِحَقِّهِ يُبَارَكُ لَهُ وَمَنْ أَخَذَ مَالًا بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهِ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ»
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ stood and addressed the people, saying: "No, by God, I do not fear for you, O people, except what God brings out for you of the splendor of this world." A man said, "O Messenger of God, does good come with evil?" The Messenger of God ﷺ remained silent for a while, then said, "What did you say?" He said, "I said, O Messenger of God, does good come with evil?" The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: "Good does not come except with good. But it is that everything the spring rain causes to grow kills by bloating or nearly kills, except for the eater of green plants: it eats until when its flanks are full, it faces the sun, then defecates and urinates, then chews the cud and returns to eat. Whoever takes wealth by his right will be blessed in it, and whoever takes wealth without his right, his example is like one who eats but is not satisfied."
بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ مِمَّا أَتَخَوَّفُ عَلَيْكُمْ مَا يُفْتَحُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ زُهْرَةِ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتِهَا» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَيَأْتِي الْخَيْرُ بِالشَّرِّ؟ قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ فَرَأَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ فَلُمْنَا الرَّجُلَ حِينَ يُكَلِّمُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُهُ فَلَمَّا جُلِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَعَلَ يَمْسَحُ الرُّحَضَاءَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ؟ » فَكَأَنَّهُ قَدْ حَمِدَهُ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ لَا يَأْتِي بِالشَّرِّ وَإِنَّ مِمَّا يُنْبِتُ الرَّبِيعُ مَا يَقْتُلُ حَبَطًا أَوْ يُلِمُّ إِلَّا آكِلَةَ الْخَضِرِ أَكَلَتْ حَتَّى إِذَا هِيَ امْتَلَأَتْ خَاصِرَتَاهَا اسْتَقْبَلَتْ عَيْنَ الشَّمْسِ فَثَلَطَتْ وَبَالَتْ وَإِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ نِعْمَ صَاحِبُ الْمُسْلِمِ لِمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِحَقِّهِ فَأَعْطَى مِنْهُ الْيَتِيمَ وَالْمِسْكِينَ وَالسَّائِلَ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهِ كَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ شَهِيدًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ While the Messenger of God ﷺ was addressing the people, he said: "Among what I fear for you is what will be opened for you of the splendor of this world and its adornment." A man stood and said, "O Messenger of God, does good come with evil?" Abu Sa'id said: We saw revelation descending upon the Messenger of God ﷺ, and we blamed the man for speaking to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he did not speak to him. When it was lifted from the Messenger of God ﷺ, he began wiping the sweat from his face, saying, "Where is the questioner?" It was as if he praised him, then he said: "Good does not come with evil. Indeed, some of what the spring rain causes to grow kills by bloating or nearly kills, except for the eater of green plants: it eats until when its flanks are full, it faces the sun, then defecates and urinates. This wealth is an excellent companion for a Muslim who takes it by his right and gives from it to the orphan, the needy, and the beggar. Whoever takes it without his right is like one who eats but is not satisfied, then it will be a witness against him on the Day of Resurrection."
وَكَانَتْ إِذَا أَنْفَقَتْ شَيْئًا تُحْصِي فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَنْفِقِي وَلَا تُحْصِي فَيُحْصِيَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ وَلَا تُوعِي فَيُوعِيَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ»
✧ She used to count what she spent. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her: "Spend and do not count, lest Allah count against you; and do not hoard, lest Allah withhold from you."
«يَهْرَمُ ابْنُ آدَمَ وَتَشِبُّ فِيهِ اثْنَتَانِ الْحِرْصُ عَلَى الْمَالِ وَالْحِرْصُ عَلَى الْعُمُرِ»
✧ "The son of Adam grows old, but two things remain young in him: greed for wealth and greed for life."
«قَلْبُ الْكَبِيرِ شَابَ عَلَى حُبِّ اثْنَتَيْنِ عَلَى حُبِّ الْحَيَاةِ وَحُبِّ الْمَالِ»
✧ "The heart of an old man remains young in love of two things: love of life and love of wealth."
«لَوْ أَنَّ لِابْنِ آدَمَ مِلْءَ وَادِي مَالٍ لَأَحَبَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ مِثْلُهُ وَلَا يَمْلَأُ نَفْسَ ابْنِ آدَمَ إِلَّا التُّرَابُ وَاللَّهُ يَتُوبُ عَلَى مِنْ تَابَ»
✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "If the son of Adam had a valley of wealth, he would desire to have another similar to it. However, nothing can fill the soul of the son of Adam except dust. Allah accepts the repentance of those who repent."
«لَوْ أَنَّ لِابْنِ آدَمَ وَادِيَيْنِ مِنْ نَخْلٍ لَابْتَغَى إِلَيْهِ ثَالِثًا وَلَا يَمْلَأُ جَوْفَ ابْنِ آدَمَ إِلَّا التُّرَابُ وَيَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَى مَنْ تَابَ»
✧ If the son of Adam had two valleys of palm trees, he would seek a third, and nothing fills the belly of the son of Adam except dust, and Allah turns in mercy to whoever repents.
«لَوْ كَانَ لِابْنِ آدَمَ وَادٍ مِنْ نَخْلٍ لَتَمَنَّى إِلَيْهِ مِثْلَهُ وَلَا يَمْلَأُ جَوْفَ ابْنِ آدَمَ إِلَّا التُّرَابُ»
✧ If the son of Adam had a valley of palm trees, he would wish for another like it, and nothing fills the belly of the son of Adam except dust.
«لَوْ أَنَّ لِابْنِ آدَمَ وَادِيًا مَالًا لَأُحِبَّ أَنَّ لَهُ مِثْلَهُ وَلَا يَمْلَأُ نَفْسَ ابْنِ آدَمَ إِلَّا التُّرَابُ وَيَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَى مَنْ تَابَ»
✧ If the son of Adam had a valley of wealth, he would love to have another like it, and nothing fills the soul of the son of Adam except dust, and Allah turns in mercy to whoever repents.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3235No grade recorded
«لَوْ أَنَّ لِابْنِ آدَمَ وَادِيًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ وَادٍ آخَرُ وَلَا يَمْلَأُ فَاهَ إِلَّا التُّرَابُ وَاللَّهُ يَتُوبُ عَلَى مَنْ تَابَ»
✧ If the son of Adam had a valley of gold, he would love to have another valley, and nothing fills his mouth except dust, and Allah turns in mercy to whoever repents.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3236No grade recorded
«لَوْ كَانَ لِابْنِ آدَمَ وَادِيَانِ مِنْ مَالٍ لَابْتَغَى وَادِيًا ثَالِثًا وَلَا يَمْلَأُ جَوْفَ ابْنِ آدَمَ إِلَّا التُّرَابُ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَى مَنْ تَابَ»
✧ If the son of Adam had two valleys of wealth, he would seek a third valley, and nothing fills the belly of the son of Adam except dust, then Allah turns in mercy to whoever repents.
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عُمَرَ يَسْأَلُهُ فَجَعَلَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَأْسِهِ مَرَّةً وَإِلَى رِجْلَيْهِ أُخْرَى لِمَا يَرَى بِهِ مِنَ الْبُؤْسِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ كَمْ مَالُكَ قَالَ أَرْبَعُونَ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ قَالَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَقُلْتُ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ «لَوْ كَانَ لِابْنِ آدَمَ وَادِيَانِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ لَابْتَغَى إِلَيْهِمَا الثَّالِثَ وَلَا يَمْلَأُ جَوْفَ ابْنِ آدَمَ إِلَّا التُّرَابُ وَيَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَى مَنْ تَابَ» قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي عُمَرُ مَا تَقُولُ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ هَكَذَا أَقْرَأَنِيهَا أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ قَالَ فَقُمْ بِنَا إِلَيْهِ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ مَا يَقُولُ هَذَا؟ قَالَ أُبَيٌّ هَكَذَا أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
✧ A man came to Umar asking him, and he began looking at his head once and at his feet another time because of the hardship he saw in him. Umar said to him, "How much wealth do you have?" He said, "Forty camels." He said: Ibn Abbas said: I said, "Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth: 'If the son of Adam had two valleys of gold, he would seek a third, and nothing fills the belly of the son of Adam except dust, and Allah turns in mercy to whoever repents.'" He said: Umar said to me, "What are you saying?" He said: I said, "This is how Ubayy b. Ka'b taught me to recite it." He said: "Let us go to him." He said: So he went to him and said, "What does this one say?" Ubayy said, "This is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me to recite it."
«إِنَّ الرِّزْقَ لَيَطْلُبُ الْعَبْدَ كَمَا يَطْلُبُهُ أَجَلُهُ»
✧ Provision surely seeks the servant just as his appointed term seeks him.
«لَا تَسْتَبْطِئُوا الرِّزْقَ فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَمُوتَ الْعَبْدُ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَهُ آخِرُ رِزْقٍ هُوَ لَهُ فَأَجْمِلُوا فِي الطَّلَبِ أَخَذِ الْحَلَالِ وَتَرَكِ الْحَرَامِ»
✧ Do not deem provision slow, for a servant will never die until he reaches the last provision that is his. So be moderate in seeking: take the lawful and leave the unlawful.
جَاءَ سَائِلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَإِذَا تَمْرَةٌ عَائِرَةٌ فَأَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهَا وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «خُذْهَا لَوْ لَمْ تَأْتِهَا لَأَتَتْكَ»
✧ A beggar came to the Prophet ﷺ, and there was a fallen date, so he gave it to him. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Take it; if you had not come to it, it would have come to you."
«لَا تَسْتَبْطِئُوا الرِّزْقَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَبْدٌ يَمُوتُ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَهُ آخِرُ رِزْقٍ هُوَ لَهُ فَأَجْمِلُوا فِي الطَّلَبِ فِي الْحَلَالِ وَتَرْكِ الْحَرَامِ»
✧ Do not deem provision slow, for there is no servant who will die until he reaches the last provision that is his. So be moderate in seeking, in the lawful and leaving the unlawful.
أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَعْمَلُ عَمَلًا يَبْنِي بِنَاءً فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ دَعَانَا فَقَالَ «لَا تَنَافَسَا فِي الرِّزْقِ مَا هُزَّتْ رُءُوسُكُمَا فَإِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ تَلِدُهُ أُمُّهُ وَهُوَ أَحْمَرُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ قِشْرٌ ثُمَّ يُعْطِيهِ اللَّهُ وَيَرْزُقُهُ»
✧ We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was doing a task, building a structure. When he finished, he called us and said, "Do not compete with each other in provision as long as your heads shake, for a person is born of his mother red, with no shell on him, then Allah gives him and provides for him."
أَتَيْنَا خَبَّابًا نَعُودُهُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُؤْجَرُ فِي نَفَقَتِهِ كُلِّهَا إِلَّا فِي هَذَا التُّرَابِ»
✧ We came to Khabbab to visit him, and he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'A man is surely rewarded for all his spending except in this dust.'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3244No grade recorded
«يَقُولُ الْعَبْدُ مَالِي وَإِنَّمَا لَهُ مِنْ مَالِهِ ثَلَاثَةٌ مَا أَكَلَ فَأَفْنَى أَوْ مَا أَعْطَى فَأَبْقَى أَوْ لَبِسَ فَأَبْلَى وَمَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ ذَاهِبٌ وَتَارِكُهُ لِلنَّاسِ»
✧ The servant says, 'My wealth, my wealth,' but he has only three things from his wealth: what he ate and consumed, or what he gave away and made remain, or what he wore and wore out. Anything else, he leaves behind for people.
«مَا ذِئْبَانِ جَائِعَانِ أُرْسِلَا فِي غَنَمٍ بِأَفْسَدَ لَهَا مِنْ حِرْصِ الرَّجُلِ عَلَى الْمَالِ وَالشَّرَفِ لِدِينِهِ»
✧ "Two hungry wolves sent among sheep are not more destructive to them than a man's greed for wealth and honor is to his religion."
يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي بِعَمَلٍ يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ مَالَهُ مَالَهُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَرَبٌ مَالَهُ» قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ «تَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ لَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ ذَرْهَا» قَالَ كَأَنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ
✧ 'O Prophet of Allah, tell me of a deed that will admit me to Paradise.' The people said, 'What is with him? What is with him?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'He has a need. What is with him?' The Messenger of Allah said, 'Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, establish the prayer, give the zakat, and maintain ties of kinship. Leave it at that.' He said, as if he was on his mount.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3247No grade recorded
«مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَيُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَيَصُومُ رَمَضَانَ وَيَجْتَنِبُ الْكَبَائِرَ إِلَّا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ»
✧ There is no servant who worships Allah and does not associate anything with Him, establishes the prayer, gives the zakat, fasts Ramadan, and avoids major sins, except that he will enter Paradise.
«مَا نَقَصَتْ صَدَقَةٌ مِنْ مَالٍ وَلَا زَادَ اللَّهُ عَبْدًا بِعَفْوٍ إِلَّا عِزًّا وَلَا تَوَاضَعَ أَحَدٌ لِلَّهِ إِلَّا رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ»
✧ Charity does not decrease wealth, and Allah does not increase a servant through pardoning except in honor, and no one humbles himself for Allah except that Allah raises him.
أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْهِجْرَةِ فَقَالَ «وَيْحَكَ إِنَّ شَأْنَ الْهِجْرَةِ شَدِيدٌ فَهَلْ لَكَ مِنْ إِبِلٍ»؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَهَلْ تُؤَدِّي صَدَقَتَهَا» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَاعْمَلْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْبِحَارِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَنْ يَتِرَكَ مِنْ عَمَلِكَ شَيْئًا»
✧ A bedouin asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about emigration. He said, 'Woe to you! The matter of emigration is severe. Do you have camels?' He said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Do you pay their zakat?' He said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Then work beyond the seas, for Allah will not deprive you of any of your deeds.'
أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ حَدِّثْنِي بِعَمَلٍ يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اعْبُدِ اللَّهَ لَا تُشْرِكْ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ ذَرْهَا»
✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'Tell me of a deed that will admit me to Paradise.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, establish the prayer, give the zakat, and maintain ties of kinship. Leave it at that.'
«لَا يَجْتَمِعُ غُبَارٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَدُخَانُ جَهَنَّمَ فِي جَوْفِ عَبْدٍ وَلَا يَجْتَمِعُ الشُّحُّ وَالْإِيمَانُ فِي قَلْبِ عَبْدٍ أَبَدًا»
✧ The dust in the path of Allah and the smoke of Hellfire will never come together in the belly of a servant, and stinginess and faith will never come together in the heart of a servant, ever.
«آكُلُ الرِّبَا وَمُوكِلُهُ وَكَاتِبُهُ وَشَاهِدَاهُ إِذَا عَلِمُوا بِهِ وَالْوَاشِمَةُ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَةُ لِلْحُسْنِ وَلَاوِي الصَّدَقَةِ وَالْمُرْتَدُّ أَعْرَابِيًّا بَعْدَ هِجْرَتِهِ مَلْعُونُونَ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ The consumer of riba, its agent, its scribe, and its two witnesses if they know about it, the woman who tattoos and the woman who asks to be tattooed for beauty, the one who withholds zakat, and the apostate who becomes a bedouin after his emigration are cursed on the tongue of Muhammad ﷺ on the Day of Resurrection.
«مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ لَهُ مَالٌ لَا يُؤَدِّي زَكَاتَهُ إِلَّا جَمَعَ اللَّهُ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُحْمَى عَلَيْهِ صَفَائِحُ مِنْ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ يُكْوَى بِهَا جَبِينُهُ وَظَهْرُهُ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِمَّا تَعُدُّونَ ثُمَّ يَرَى سَبِيلَهُ إِمَّا إِلَى جُنَّةٍ وَإِمَّا إِلَى نَارٍ وَمَا مِنْ صَاحِبِ إِبِلٍ لَا يُؤَدِّي زَكَاتَهَا إِلَّا بُطِحَ لَهَا بِقَاعٍ قَرْقَرٍ أَوْفَرَ مَا كَانَتْ تَسِيرُ عَلَيْهِ كُلَّمَا مَضَى عَلَيْهِ أُخْرَاهَا رُدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ أُولَاهَا حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ ثُمَّ يَرَى سَبِيلَهُ إِمَّا إِلَى جُنَّةٍ وَإِمَّا إِلَى نَارٍ وَمَا مِنْ صَاحِبِ غَنَمٍ لَا يُؤَدِّي زَكَاتَهَا إِلَّا بُطِحَ لَهَا بِقَاعٍ قَرْقَرٍ كَأَوْفَرِ مَا كَانَتْ فَتَطَؤُهُ بِأَظْلَافِهَا وَتَنْطَحُهُ بِقُرُونِهَا لَيْسَ فِيهَا عَقْصَاءُ وَلَا جَلْحَاءُ كُلَّمَا مَضَتْ عَلَيْهِ أُخْرَاهَا رُدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ أُولَاهَا حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ ثُمَّ يَرَى سَبِيلَهُ إِمَّا إِلَى جُنَّةٍ وَإِمَّا إِلَى نَارٍ»
✧ There is no servant who has wealth and does not pay its zakat except that Allah will gather it for him on the Day of Resurrection as heated plates of the fire of Hell with which his forehead and back will be branded, until Allah judges between His servants in a day whose measure is fifty thousand years of what you count. Then he will see his path, either to Paradise or to the Fire. And there is no owner of camels who does not pay their zakat except that he will be thrown down for them on a vast flat plain, as fat as they were, and they will tread on him. Every time the last of them passes over him, the first of them will be returned to him, until Allah judges between His servants in a day whose measure is fifty thousand years. Then he will see his path, either to Paradise or to the Fire. And there is no owner of sheep who does not pay their zakat except that he will be thrown down for them on a vast flat plain, as fat as they were, and they will trample him with their cloven hooves and gore him with their horns, none of them having twisted horns or being hornless. Every time the last of them passes over him, the first of them will be returned to him, until Allah judges between His servants in a day whose measure is fifty thousand years. Then he will see his path, either to Paradise or to the Fire.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3254Hasan sahih
«يَأْتِي الْمَالُ الَّذِي لَمْ يُعْطَ الْحَقُّ مِنْهَا فَتَطَأُ الْإِبِلُ سَيِّدَهَا بِأَخْفَافِهَا وَيَأْتِي الْبَقَرُ وَالْغَنَمُ فَتَطَأُ صَاحِبَهَا بِأَظْلَافِهَا وَتَنْطَحُهُ بِقُرُونِهَا وَيَأْتِي الْكَنْزُ شُجَاعًا أَقْرَعَ فَيَلْقَى صَاحِبَهُ فَيَفِرُّ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَقْبِلُهُ وَيَفِرُّ مِنْهُ فَيَقُولُ مَا لِي وَمَا لَكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ أَنَا كَنْزُكَ أَنَا كَنْزُكَ فَيتَلَقَّاهُ صَاحِبُهُ بِيَدِهِ فَيَلْقَمُ يَدَهُ»
✧ The wealth from which its due was not given will come, and the camels will trample their master with their pads, and the cattle and sheep will come and trample their owner with their cloven hooves and gore him with their horns. The treasure will come as a bald-headed snake and will meet its owner, who will flee from it. Then it will confront him and he will flee from it. It will say, 'What is between me and you?' He will say, 'I am your treasure, I am your treasure.' Then his owner will receive it with his hand, and it will swallow his hand.
«مَا مِنْ صَاحِبِ إِبِلٍ لَا يَفْعَلُ فِيهَا خَيْرًا إِلَّا جَاءَتْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَكْثَرَ مَا كَانَتْ وَأُقْعِدَ لَهَا بِقَاعٍ قَرْقَرٍ تَسْتَنُّ عَلَيْهِ بِقَوَائِمِهَا وَأَخْفَافِهَا وَلَا صَاحِبِ بَقَرٍ إِلَّا جَاءَتْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَكْثَرَ مَا كَانَتْ وَأُقْعِدَ لَهَا بِقَاعٍ قَرْقَرٍ تَنْطَحُهُ بِقُرُونِهَا وَتَطَؤُهُ بِأَظْلَافِهَا لَيْسَ فِيهَا جَمَّاءُ وَلَا مُكَسَّرٌ قَرْنُهَا وَلَا صَاحِبِ كَنْزٍ لَا يَفْعَلُ فِيهِ حَقَّهُ إِلَّا جَاءَ كَنْزُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شُجَاعًا أَقْرَعَ يَتْبَعُهُ فَاغِرًا فَاهُ فَإِذَا أَتَاهُ فَرَّ مِنْهُ فَيُنَادِيهِ رَبُّهُ كَنْزُكَ الَّذِي خَبَّأْتَهُ فَإِذَا رَأَى أَنْ لَابُدَّ لَهُ مِنْهُ سَلَكَ يَدَهُ فِي فِيهِ فَيَقْضَمُهَا قَضْمَ الْفَحْلِ»
✧ There is no owner of camels who does not do good in them except that they will come on the Day of Resurrection as numerous as they were, and he will be seated for them on a vast flat plain, and they will run over him with their legs and pads. And no owner of cattle except that they will come on the Day of Resurrection as numerous as they were, and he will be seated for them on a vast flat plain, and they will gore him with their horns and trample him with their cloven hooves, with none of them having broken horns or no horns. And no owner of treasure who does not fulfill its due except that his treasure will come on the Day of Resurrection as a bald-headed snake, pursuing him with its mouth open. When it comes to him, he will flee from it, and his Lord will call to him, 'This is your treasure that you hoarded.' When he sees that there is no escape from it, he will put his hand into its mouth, and it will chew it like a stallion.
«وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَا يَمُوتُ رَجُلٌ فَيَدَعُ إِبِلًا أَوْ بَقَرًا أَوْ غَنَمًا لَمْ يُؤَدِّ زَكَاتَهَا إِلَّا مُثِّلَتْ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْظَمَ مَا تَكُونُ وَأَسْمَنَهُ تَنْطَحُهُ بِقُرُونِهَا وَتَطَؤُهُ بِأَخْفَافِهَا كُلَّمَا ذَهَبَ أُخْرَاهَا رَجَعَ أُولَاهَا كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ»
✧ By the One in whose hand is my soul, no man dies and leaves behind camels, cows, or sheep without paying their zakah, except that they will be made to appear for him on the Day of Resurrection as large and fat as they ever were, goring him with their horns and trampling him with their hooves. Every time the last of them passes, the first of them returns, and so on, until Allah judges between mankind.
«مَنْ تَرَكَ بَعْدَهُ كَنْزًا مُثِّلَ لَهُ شُجَاعًا أَقْرَعَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَهُ زَبِيبَتَانِ يَتْبَعُهُ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ فَيَقُولُ أَنَا كَنْزُكَ الَّذِي خَلَّفْتَ بَعْدَكَ فَلَا يَزَالُ يَتْبَعُهُ حَتَّى يُلْقِمَهُ يَدَهُ فَيَقْضِمُهَا ثُمَّ يَتْبَعُهُ سَائِرَ جَسَدِهِ»
✧ Whoever leaves behind a treasure, it will be made to appear to him on the Day of Resurrection as a bald-headed snake with two venomous fangs, pursuing him. He will say, 'Who are you?' It will say, 'I am your treasure that you left behind.' It will not cease pursuing him until it makes him swallow his hand, then it will bite it off, and then it will pursue the rest of his body.
«يَكُونُ كَنْزُ أَحَدِكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شُجَاعًا أَقْرَعَ يَتْبَعُ صَاحِبَهُ وَهُوَ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْهُ فَلَا يَزَالُ يَتْبَعُهُ حَتَّى يُلْقِمَهُ أُصْبُعَهُ»
✧ The treasure of any one of you will appear on the Day of Resurrection as a bald-headed snake that pursues its owner while he seeks refuge from it. It will not cease pursuing him until it makes him swallow his finger.
قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا فِي حَلْقَةٍ وَفِيهَا مَلَأٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ أَخْشَنُ الثِّيَابِ أَخْشَنُ الْجَسَدِ أَخْشَنُ الْوَجْهِ فَقَامَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ «بَشِّرِ الْكَنَّازِينَ بِرَضْفٍ يُحْمَى عَلَيْهِمْ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ فَيُوضَعُ عَلَى حَلَمَةِ ثَدْيِ أَحَدِهِمْ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ مِنْ نُغْضِ كَتِفِهِ وَيُوضَعَ عَلَى نُغْضِ كَتِفِهِ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ مِنْ حَلَمَةَ ثَدْيهِ فَوَضَعُوا رُءُوسَهُمْ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ شَيْئًا قَالَ وَأَدْبَرَ فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ حَتَّى جَلَسَ إِلَى سَارِيَةٍ فَقُلْتُ مَا رَأَيْتُ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَّا كَرِهُوا مَا قُلْتَ لَهُمْ قَالَ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ إِنَّ خَلِيلِي أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ دَعَانِي فَقَالَ » يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ « فَأَجَبْتُهُ قَالَ » أَتَرَى أُحُدًا « قَالَ فَنَظَرْتُ مَا عَلَيَّ مِنَ الشَّمْسِ وَأَنَا أَظُنُّهُ يَبْعَثُنِي لِحَاجَةٍ لَهُ فَقَالَ » مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ لِي مِثْلَهُ ذَهَبًا أُنْفِقُهُ كُلَّهُ غَيْرَ ثَلَاثَةِ دَنَانِيرَ ثُمَّ هَؤُلَاءِ يَجْمَعُونَ الدُّنْيَا لَا يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْئًا « قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا لَكَ وَلِإِخْوَانِكَ قُرَيْشٍ؟ قَالَ لَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا أَسْأَلُهُمْ دُنْيَا وَلَا أَسْتَفْتِيهِمْ فِي دِينِي حَتَّى أَلْحَقَ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ﷺ
✧ I arrived in Madinah, and while I was sitting in a circle that included a group of Quraysh, a man came with rough clothes, rough body, and rough face. He stood before them and said, 'Give glad tidings to the hoarders of wealth of heated stones that will be placed on the nipples of their breasts until they come out from the shoulder joints, and placed on their shoulder joints until they come out from the nipples of their breasts.' They bowed their heads, and I did not see any of them respond to him. He turned away, and I followed him until he sat by a pillar. I said, 'I see these people only disliked what you said to them.' He said, 'These people do not understand. My close friend Abu al-Qasim ﷺ called me and said, "O Abu Dharr," and I answered. He said, "Do you see Uhud?" I looked at the sun on me, thinking he would send me on an errand. He said, "It would not please me to have its equivalent in gold and spend it all except three dinars. Then these people amass worldly wealth and understand nothing."' I said, 'What about you and your brothers of Quraysh?' He said, 'No, by your Lord, I will not ask them for worldly gain, nor seek their religious opinion, until I meet Allah and His Messenger ﷺ.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3260No grade recorded
كُنْتُ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَمَرَّ أَبُو ذَرٍّ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «بَشِّرِ الْكَنَّازِينَ فِي ظُهُورِهِمْ بِكَيٍّ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَبِكَيٍّ مِنْ قِبَلِ قَفَاهِمْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ جِبَاهِهِمْ ثُمَّ تَنَحَّى فَقَعَدَ» فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ مَا شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُهُ قُبَيْلُ؟ قَالَ مَا قُلْتُ إِلَّا شَيْئًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ نَبِيِّهِمْ ﷺ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الْعَطَاءِ قَالَ خُذْهُ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ الْيَوْمَ مَعُونَةً فَإِذَا كَانَ ثَمَنًا لِدِينِكَ فَدَعْهُ
✧ I was among a group of Quraysh when Abu Dharr passed by saying, 'Give glad tidings to the hoarders of wealth of a branding on their backs that will come out from their sides, and a branding from the back of their necks that will come out from their foreheads.' Then he stepped aside and sat down. I asked, 'Who is this?' They said, 'Abu Dharr.' I went to him and said, 'What is this that I heard you saying a little while ago?' He said, 'I did not say anything except something I heard from their Prophet ﷺ.' I said, 'What do you say about this allowance?' He said, 'Take it, for today it is a means of support. But if it becomes a price for your religion, then leave it.'
«يَأْتِي الْمَالُ الَّذِي لَا يُعْطَى فِيهِ الْحَقُّ تَطَأُ الْإِبِلُ سَيِّدَهَا بِأَخْفَافِهَا وَيَأْتِي الْبَقَرُ وَالْغَنَمُ فَتَطَأُ صَاحِبَهَا بِأَظْلَافِهَا وَتَنْطَحُهُ بِقُرُونِهَا وَيَأْتِي الْكَنْزُ شُجَاعًا أَقْرَعَ فَيَلْقَى صَاحِبَهُ فَيَفِرُّ مِنْهُ صَاحِبُهُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَقْبِلُهُ وَيَفِرُّ مِنْهُ وَيَقُولُ مَا لِي وَلَكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ أَنَا كَنْزُكَ فَيَلْقَمُ يَدَهُ»
✧ The wealth from which its due right is not given will come, with the camels trampling their owner with their hooves, and the cows and sheep will come and trample their owner with their cloven hooves and gore him with their horns. The treasure will come as a bald-headed snake and will meet its owner, who will flee from it. Then it will confront him, and he will flee from it, saying, 'What do you have to do with me?' It will say, 'I am your treasure,' and it will make him swallow his hand.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3262No grade recorded
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْ أَهْلِ نَجْدٍ ثَائِرَ الرَّأْسِ يُسْمَعُ دَوِيُّ صَوْتِهِ وَلَا يُفْقَهُ مَا يَقُولُ حَتَّى دَنَا فَإِذَا هُوَ يَسْأَلُ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَمْسُ صَلَوَاتٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلَةِ» قَالَ هَلْ عَلَيَّ غَيْرُهَا؟ قَالَ «لَا إِلَّا أَنْ تَطَوَّعَ» قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَصِيَامُ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ» فَقَالَ هَلْ عَلَيَّ غَيْرُهُ؟ قَالَ «لَا إِلَّا أَنْ تَطَوَّعَ» قَالَ وَذَكَرَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الزَّكَاةَ فَقَالَ هَلْ عَلَيَّ غَيْرُهَا؟ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ تَطَوَّعَ « قَالَ فَأَدْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ لَا أَزِيدُ عَلَى هَذَا وَلَا أَنْقُصُ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ » أَفْلَحَ إِنْ صَدَقَ
A man from Najd with unkempt hair came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we heard his loud voice but could not understand what he was saying, till he came near and then we came to know that he was asking about Islam. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You have to offer prayers perfectly five times in a day and night (24 hours)." The man asked, "Is there any more (praying)?" Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "No, but if you want to offer the Nawafil prayers (you can)." Messenger of Allah ﷺ further said to him: "You have to observe fasts during the month of Ramadan." The man asked, "Is there any more fasting?" Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "No, but if you want to observe the Nawafil fasts (you can.)" Then Messenger of Allah ﷺ further said to him, "You have to pay the Zakat (obligatory charity)." The man asked, "Is there any thing other than the Zakat for me to pay?" Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "No, unless you want to give alms of your own." And then that man retreated saying, "By Allah! I will neither do less nor more than this." Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If what he said is true, then he will be successful (i.e. he will be granted Paradise)." (Using translation from Bukhārī 46)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3263Hasan sahih
تُوُفِّيَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ فَوَجَدُوا فِي شَمْلَتِهِ دِينَارَيْنِ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «كَيَّتَانِ»
✧ A man from the people of the suffah died, and they found two dinars in his blanket. They mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, 'Two brands.'
كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأُتِيَ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَقَالُوا صَلِّ عَلَيْهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «هَلْ تَرَكَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنًا» قَالُوا لَا قَالَ «فَهَلْ تَرَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ» قَالُوا ثَلَاثَةُ دَنَانِيرَ قَالَ «ثَلَاثُ كَيَّاتٍ» ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِالثَّانِيَةِ فَقَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلِّ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ «هَلْ تَرَكَ مِنْ دَيْنٍ» قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَهَلْ تَرَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ» قَالُوا لَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلَيَّ دَيْنُهُ قَالَ «فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ»
✧ I was with the Prophet ﷺ when a funeral was brought. They said, 'Pray over it, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'Did he leave behind any debt?' They said, 'No.' He said, 'Did he leave behind anything?' They said, 'Three dinars.' He said, 'Three brands.' Then a second funeral was brought. They said, 'O Prophet of Allah, pray over it.' He said, 'Did he leave behind any debt?' They said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Did he leave behind anything?' They said, 'No.' A man from the Ansar called Abu Qatadah said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I will be responsible for his debt.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed over him.
بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُقَسِّمُ ذَهَبًا إِذْ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَعْطِنِي فَأَعْطَاهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ زِدْنِي فَزَادَهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ وَلَّى مُدْبِرًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَأْتِينِي الرَّجُلُ فَيَسْأَلُنِي فَأُعْطِيهِ ثُمَّ يَسْأَلُنِي فَأُعْطِيهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ وَلَّى مُدْبِرًا وَقَدْ جَعَلَ فِي ثَوْبِهِ نَارًا إِذَا انْقَلَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ»
✧ While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was distributing gold, a man came to him and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, give me.' He gave him. Then he said, 'Give me more,' and he gave him more three times. Then the man turned away. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'A man comes to me and asks me, and I give him, then he asks me again, and I give him three times, then he turns away, having placed fire in his garment to take back to his family.'
«شَرُّ مَا فِي الرَّجُلِ شُحٌّ هَالِعٌ وَجُبْنٌ خَالِعٌ»
✧ The worst thing in a man is an intense greed and a cowardice that flees.
«لَا جَلَبَ وَلَا جَنَبَ وَلَا شِغَارَ وَمَنِ انْتَهَبَ نُهْبَةً فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا»
✧ No driving of livestock from their pastures to the collector's place, no leading them away, no shighar marriage, and whoever plunders a raid is not one of us.
«لَيْسَ فِيمَا دُونَ خَمْسِ ذَوْدٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَلَا فِيمَا دُونَ خَمْسِ أَوَاقٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَلَا فِيمَا دُونَ خَمْسَةِ أَوْسُقٍ صَدَقَةٌ»
✧ There is no charity on less than five camels, nor on less than five uqiyyahs of silver, nor on less than five awsuq of grains or dates.
بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى صَدَقَةِ بَلِيَّ وَعُذْرَةَ فَمَرَرْتُ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ بَلِيَّ لَهُ ثَلَاثُونَ بَعِيرًا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ عَلَيْكَ فِي إِبِلِكَ هَذِهِ بِنْتَ مَخَاضٍ قَالَ ذَاكَ مَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ ظَهْرٌ وَلَا لَبَنٌ وَإِنِّي لَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ شَرَّ مَالِي فَتَخَيَّرْهُ فَقَالُ لَهُ أُبَيُّ مَا كُنْتُ لِآخُذَ فَوْقَ مَا عَلَيْكَ وَهَذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأْتِهِ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ نَحْوًا مِمَّا قَالَ لِأَبِيٍّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «هَذَا مَا عَلَيْكَ فَإِنْ جِئْتَ بِفَوْقِهِ قَبِلْنَاهُ مِنْكَ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذِهِ نَاقَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ سَمِينَةٌ فَمَنْ يَقْبِضُهَا؟ فَأَمَرَ ﷺ مَنْ يَقْبِضُهَا وَدَعَا لَهُ فِي مَالِهِ بِالْبَرَكَةِ قَالَ عُمَارَةُ فَضَرَبَ الدَّهْرُ ضَرْبَةً فَوَلَّانِي مَرْوَانُ صَدَقَةَ بَلِيَّ وَعُذْرَةَ فِي زَمَنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَمَرَرْتُ بِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ فَصَدَقْتُ مَالَهُ ثَلَاثِينَ حِقَّةً فِيهَا فَحْلُهَا عَلَى أَلْفٍ وَخَمْسِ مِائَةِ بَعِيرٍ قَالَ ابْنَ إِسْحَاقَ قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ مَا فَحْلُهَا؟ قَالَ فِي السُّنَّةِ إِذَا بَلَغَ صَدَقَةُ الرَّجُلِ ثَلَاثُونَ حِقَّةً أُخِذَ مَعَهَا فَحْلُهَا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ sent me over the ṣadaqah of Baliyy and ʿUdhrah. I passed by a man from Baliyy who had thirty camels and said to him, “You owe for these camels of yours a bint makhāḍ.” He said, “That one has no riding strength and no milk, and I dislike lending Allah the worst of my wealth. Choose it.” Ubayy said to him, “I was not going to take more than what you owe, and this is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so bring it to him.” He brought it to him and said something similar to what he had said to Ubayy. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “This is what you owe, and if you bring more than it, we shall accept it from you.” He said, “O Messenger of Allah, here is a fine fat she-camel. Who will receive it?” He ﷺ ordered someone to receive it and supplicated for blessing in his wealth. ʿUmārah said, “Then time struck a blow, and Marwān put me in charge of the ṣadaqah of Baliyy and ʿUdhrah in the time of Muʿāwiyah. I passed by this man and assessed his wealth as thirty ḥiqqahs, including their stallion, on one thousand five hundred camels.” Ibn Isḥāq said, “I said to ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī Bakr, ‘What is their stallion?’ He said, ‘In the Sunnah, when a man’s ṣadaqah reaches thirty ḥiqqahs, their stallion is taken with them.’”
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَعَثَ سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَادَةَ مُصَّدِّقًا وَقَالَ «إِيَّاكَ يَا سَعْدُ أَنْ تَجِيءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِبَعِيرٍ لَهُ رُغَاءٌ» فَقَالَ لَا أَجِدُهُ وَلَا أَجِيءُ بِهِ فَأَعْفَاهُ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ sent Saʿd b. ʿUbādah as a charity collector and said, “Beware, O Saʿd, lest you come on the Day of Resurrection with a camel that has a rumbling cry.” He said, “I shall not find it, nor shall I come with it.” So he excused him.
«لَيْسَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ فِي فَرَسِهِ وَلَا عَبْدِهِ صَدَقَةٌ»
✧ There is no ṣadaqah upon the Muslim for his horse or his slave.
«لَا صَدَقَةَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ فِي فَرَسِهِ وَعَبْدِهِ إِلَّا زَكَاةَ الْفِطْرِ»
✧ There is no ṣadaqah upon a man for his horse and his slave except the zakāh of fiṭr.
بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ فَمَنَعَ ابْنُ جَمِيلٍ وَخَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ وَالْعَبَّاسُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا يَنْقِمُ ابْنُ جَمِيلٍ إِلَّا أَنْ كَانَ فَقِيرًا فَأَغْنَاهُ اللَّهُ وَأَمَّا خَالِدٌ فَإِنَّكُمْ تَظْلِمُونَ خَالِدًا لَقَدِ احْتَبَسَ أَدْرَاعَهُ وَأَعْتَادَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَأَمَّا الْعَبَّاسُ فَعَمُّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَهُوَ عَلَيَّ وَمِثْلُهَا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَمَا شَعَرْتَ أَنَّ عَمَّ الرَّجُلِ صِنْوُ الرَّجُلِ أَوْ صِنْوُ أَبِيهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb over the ṣadaqah, and Ibn Jamīl, Khālid b. al-Walīd, and al-ʿAbbās refused to pay. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Ibn Jamīl finds nothing to resent except that he was poor and Allah enriched him. As for Khālid, you wrong Khālid, for he has kept his coats of mail and his equipment for the sake of Allah. As for al-ʿAbbās, he is the paternal uncle of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so it is upon me, and the like of it.” Then he said, “Did you not know that a man’s paternal uncle is a man’s twin brother, or his father’s twin brother?”
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِصَدَقَةِ مَالِهِ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ فَأَتَيْتُ بِصَدَقَةِ مَالِي فَقَالَ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى آلِ أَبِي أَوْفَى»
✧ When a man brought the ṣadaqah of his wealth to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he would supplicate for him. I brought the ṣadaqah of my wealth, and he ﷺ said, “O Allah, bless the family of Abū Awfā.”
أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ لَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ كَتَبَ لَهُ حِينَ وَجَّهَهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ هَذَا الْكِتَابَ «بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَذِهِ فَرِيضَةُ الصَّدَقَةِ الَّتِي فَرَضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ الَّتِي أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِهَا رَسُولَهُ فَمَنْ سُئِلَهَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا فَلْيُعْطِهَا وَمَنْ سُئِلَ فَوْقَهَا فَلَا يُعْطِهَا فِي أَرْبَعَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ فَمَا دُونَهَا الْغَنَمُ فِي كُلِّ خَمْسٍ شَاةٌ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ إِلَى خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ فَفِيهَا ابْنَةُ مَخَاضٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِنْتُ مَخَاضٍ فَابْنُ لَبُونٍ ذَكَرٌ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ سِتًّا وَثَلَاثِينَ إِلَى خَمْسٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ فَفِيهَا ابْنَةُ لَبُونٍ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ سِتًّا وَأَرْبَعِينَ إِلَى سِتِّينَ فَفِيهَا حِقَّةٌ طَرُوقَةُ الْجَمَلِ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ وَاحِدَةً وَسِتِّينَ إِلَى خَمْسٍ وَسَبْعِينَ فَفِيهَا جَذَعَةٌ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ سِتًّا وَسَبْعِينَ إِلَى تِسْعِينَ فَفِيهَا ابْنَتَا لَبُونٍ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ إِحْدَى وَتِسْعِينَ إِلَى عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةٍ فَفِيهَا حِقَّتَانِ طَرُوقَتَا الْجَمَلِ فَإِذَا زَادَتْ عَلَى عِشْرِينَ وَمِئَةٍ فَفِي كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ ابْنَةُ لَبُونٍ وَفِي كُلِّ خَمْسِينَ حِقَّةٌ وَإِنَّ مَنْ بَلَغَتْ عِنْدَهُ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ صَدَقَةُ الْجَذَعَةِ وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ جَذَعَةٌ وَعِنْدَهُ حِقَّةٌ فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ الْحِقَّةُ وَيَجْعَلُ مَعَهَا شَاتَيْنِ أَوْ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ عِنْدَهُ صَدَقَةُ الْحِقَّةِ وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ حِقَّةٌ وَعِنْدَهُ جَذَعَةٌ فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ الْجَذَعَةُ وَيُعْطِيهِ الْمُصَّدِّقُ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا أَوْ شَاتَيْنِ وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ صَدَقَتُهُ الْحِقَّةُ وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا ابْنَةُ لَبُونٍ فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ وَيُعْطِي شَاتَيْنِ أَوْ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ صَدَقَتُهُ ابْنَةَ لَبُونٍ وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا حِقَّةٌ فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ الْحِقَّةُ وَيُعْطِيهِ الْمُصَّدِّقُ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا أَوْ شَاتَيْنِ وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ صَدَقَتُهُ ابْنَةَ لَبُونٍ وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ ابْنَةُ مَخَاضٍ وَيُعْطِي مَعَهَا عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا أَوْ شَاتَيْنِ وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ صَدَقَتُهُ ابْنَةَ مَخَاضٍ وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ وَعِنْدَهُ ابْنَةُ لَبُونٍ فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ ابْنَةُ لَبُونٍ وَيُعْطِيهِ الْمُصَّدِّقُ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا أَوْ شَاتَيْنِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ ابْنَةُ مَخَاضٍ وَعِنْدَهُ ابْنُ لَبُونٍ فَإِنَّهُ يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُ شَيْءٌ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَةٌ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ فَلَيْسَ فِيهَا صَدَقَةٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ رَبُّهَا فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ خَمْسًا مِنَ الْإِبِلِ فَفِيهَا شَاةٌ وَصَدَقَةُ الْغَنَمِ فِي كُلِّ سَائِمَتِهَا إِذَا كَانَتْ أَرْبَعِينَ إِلَى عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةٍ شَاةٌ فَإِذَا زَادَتْ عَلَى عِشْرِينَ وَمِئَةٍ إِلَى أَنْ تَبْلُغَ مِائَتَيْنِ فَفِيهَا شَاتَانِ فَإِنْ زَادَتْ عَلَى الْمِئَتَيْنِ إِلَى ثَلَاثِ مِائَةٍ فَفِيهَا ثَلَاثُ شِيَاهٍ فَإِذَا زَادَتْ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ مِئَةٍ فَفِي كُلِّ مِئَةٍ شَاةٌ وَلَا يَخْرُجُ فِي الصَّدَقَةِ هَرِمَةٌ وَلَا ذَاتُ عَوَارٍ وَلَا تَيْسٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ الْمُصَّدِّقُ وَلَا يُجْمَعُ بَيْنَ مُتَفَرِّقٍ وَلَا يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَ مُجْتَمِعٍ خَشْيَةَ الصَّدَقَةِ وَمَا كَانَ مِنْ خَلِيطَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَتَرَاجَعَانِ بَيْنَهُمَا بِالسَّوِيَّةِ وَإِذَا كَانَتْ سَائِمَةُ الرَّجُلِ نَاقِصَةً مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ شَاةً شَاةً وَاحِدَةً فَلَيْسَ فِيهَا صَدَقَةٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ رَبُّهَا وَفِي الرِّقَةِ رُبْعُ الْعُشْرِ فَإِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مَالٌ إِلَّا تِسْعِينَ وَمِئَةً فَلَيْسَ فِيهَا صَدَقَةٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ رَبُّهَا»
✧ When Abu Bakr al-Siddiq was appointed caliph, he wrote this letter for him when he sent him to Yemen: 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This is the obligatory charity that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ imposed upon the Muslims, which Allah commanded His Messenger. Whoever is asked for it among the Muslims in its proper manner should give it, and whoever is asked for more than that should not give it. For twenty-four camels or less, the zakah is sheep: one sheep for every five. When they reach twenty-five to thirty-five, a one-year-old female camel (bint makhad) is due. If there is no bint makhad, then a two-year-old male camel (ibn labun). When they reach thirty-six to forty-five, a two-year-old female camel (bint labun) is due. When they reach forty-six to sixty, a three-year-old female camel (hiqqah) that can be mounted by a male camel is due. When they reach sixty-one to seventy-five, a four-year-old female camel (jadha'ah) is due. When they reach seventy-six to ninety, two bint labun are due. When they reach ninety-one to one hundred and twenty, two hiqqah are due. If they exceed one hundred and twenty, then for every forty, one bint labun, and for every fifty, one hiqqah. And whoever has camels that reach the age for jadha'ah as zakah, but he does not have a jadha'ah and has a hiqqah, the hiqqah will be accepted from him, and he should add two sheep or twenty dirhams. And whoever has camels that reach the age for hiqqah as zakah, but he does not have a hiqqah and has a jadha'ah, the jadha'ah will be accepted from him, and the collector should give him twenty dirhams or two sheep. And whoever has camels that reach the age for hiqqah as zakah, but he only has a bint labun, it will be accepted from him, and he should give two sheep or twenty dirhams. And whoever has camels that reach the age for bint labun as zakah, but he only has a hiqqah, the hiqqah will be accepted from him, and the collector should give him twenty dirhams or two sheep. And whoever has camels that reach the age for bint labun as zakah, but he does not have it, a bint makhad will be accepted from him, and he should add twenty dirhams or two sheep. And whoever has camels that reach the age for bint makhad as zakah, but he does not have it and has a bint labun, the bint labun will be accepted from him, and the collector should give him twenty dirhams or two sheep. And whoever does not have a bint makhad but has an ibn labun, it will be accepted from him, and nothing else is required. And whoever has only four camels, there is no charity on them unless their owner wishes. When they reach five camels, one sheep is due. The charity on sheep: for every forty pasturing sheep up to one hundred and twenty, one sheep is due. If they exceed one hundred and twenty up to two hundred, two sheep are due. If they exceed two hundred up to three hundred, three sheep are due. If they exceed three hundred, then for every hundred, one sheep is due. No old, defective, or male goat is to be taken as charity unless the collector wishes. Separate herds should not be combined, and combined herds should not be separated for fear of charity. If two partners have mixed livestock, they should share the charity equally between them. If a man's pasturing sheep are forty minus one, there is no charity on them unless their owner wishes. On silver, one-quarter of one-tenth is due. If there is only one hundred and ninety dirhams, there is no charity on them unless their owner wishes.'
«لَا يَحِلُّ فِي الْبُرِّ وَالتَّمْرِ زَكَاةٌ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ خَمْسَةَ أَوْسُقٍ وَلَا يَحِلُّ فِي الْوَرِقِ زَكَاةٌ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ خَمْسَ أَوَاقٍ وَلَا يَحِلُّ فِي الْإِبِلِ زَكَاةٌ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ خَمْسَ ذَوْدٍ»
✧ No zakāh is due on wheat or dates until it reaches five wasqs, no zakāh is due on silver until it reaches five ounces, and no zakāh is due on camels until it reaches five camels.
«لَيْسَ فِي حَبٍّ وَلَا تَمْرٍ دُونَ خَمْسَةِ أَوْسُقٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَلَيْسَ فِيمَا دُونَ خَمْسِ ذَوْدٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَلَيْسَ فِيمَا دُونَ خَمْسِ أَوَاقٍ صَدَقَةٌ»
✧ There is no ṣadaqah on grains or dates below five wasqs, no ṣadaqah on what is below five camels, and no ṣadaqah on what is below five ounces.
كَانَ يَبْعَثُ عَلَى النَّاسِ مَنْ يُخْرَصِ كُرُومَهُمْ وَثِمَارَهُمْ»
✧ He used to send someone to the people to assess their vineyards and fruits.
«الْكَرْمُ يُخْرَصُ كَمَا يُخْرَصُ النَّخْلُ ثُمَّ تُؤَدَّى زَكَاتُهُ زَبِيبًا كَمَا تُؤَدَّى زَكَاةُ النَّخْلِ تَمْرًا»
✧ Vineyards are assessed as date palms are assessed, then their zakāh is paid as raisins just as the zakāh of date palms is paid as dates.
«إِذَا خَرَصْتُمْ فَخُذُوا وَدَعُوا الثُّلُثَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَدْعُوا الثُّلُثْ فَدَعُوا الرُّبُعَ»
✧ When you assess, take and leave a third; if you do not leave a third, then leave a quarter.
«لَيْسَ فِي الْفِضَّةِ شَيْءٌ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ خَمْسَ أَوَاقٍ وَلَيْسَ فِي التَّمْرِ شَيْءٌ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ خَمْسَةَ أَوْسُقٍ وَلَيْسَ فِي الْإِبِلِ شَيْءٌ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ خَمْسَةً مِنَ الذَّوْدِ»
✧ “There is nothing due on silver until it reaches five uqiyas; nothing is due on dates until they reach five wasqs; and nothing is due on camels until they reach five of the herd.”
«لَيْسَ فِيمَا دُونَ خَمْسِ أَوَاقٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَلَيْسَ فِيمَا دُونَ خَمْسِ ذَوْدٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَلَيْسَ فِيمَا دُونَ خَمْسِ أَوْسُقٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَالْوَسْقُ سِتُّونَ صَاعًا»
✧ “There is no sadaqah on less than five uqiyas; no sadaqah on less than five dhawd; and no sadaqah on less than five wasqs. And the wasq is sixty sa's.”
«الْوَزْنُ وَزْنُ مَكَّةَ وَالْمِكْيَالُ مِكْيَالُ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ»
✧ “The weight is the weight of Makkah, and the measuring vessel is the measuring vessel of the people of Madinah.”
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قِيلَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَاعُنَا أَصْغَرُ الصِّيعَانِ وَمُدُّنَا أَصْغَرُ الْأَمْدَادِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِنَا وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي قَلِيلِنَا وَكَثِيرِنَا وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا مَعَ الْبَرَكَةِ بَرَكَتَيْنِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was told: “O Messenger of Allah, our sa' is the smallest of sa's and our mudd is the smallest of mudds.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “O Allah, bless us in our sa', and bless us in our little and our much, and grant us with the blessing two blessings.”
«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَضَ فِيمَا سَقَتِ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَنْهَارُ وَالْعُيُونُ أَوْ مَا كَانَ عَثَرِيًّا الْعُشْرَ وَفِيمَا سُقِيَ بِالنَّضْحِ نِصْفُ الْعُشْرِ»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made obligatory a tenth on what the sky, rivers, and springs water, or what is athari; and half a tenth on what is irrigated by nadih.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3286Hasan sahih
«مَا كَانَ بَعْلًا أَوْ يُسْقَى بِنَهَرٍ أَوْ عَثَرِيًّا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْ كُلِّ عَشَرَةٍ وَاحِدٌ»
✧ “What is ba'l, or is watered by a river, or is athari, one is taken from every ten.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3287No grade recorded
«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَضَ فِيمَا سَقَتِ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَنْهَارُ وَالْعُيُونُ الْعُشْرَ وَفِيمَا سُقِيَ بِالنَّضْحِ نِصْفَ الْعُشْرِ»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made obligatory a tenth on what the sky, rivers, and springs water, and half a tenth on what is irrigated by nadih.”
«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ لِلْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ كُلِّ حَائِطٍ بِقَنَا»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded for the mosque, from every wall, a bunch of dates.”
«أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ كُلِّ جَادٍّ عَشَرَةِ أَوْسُقٍ مِنَ التَّمْرِ بِقِنْوٍ يُعَلَّقُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ لِلْمَسَاكِينَ»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded that from every jadd of ten wasqs of dates, a bunch be hung in the mosque for the poor.”
«لَيْسَ فِيمَا دُونَ خَمْسَةِ أَوَاقٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَلَا فِيمَا دُونَ خَمْسَةِ أَوْسُقٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَلَا فِيمَا دُونَ خَمْسِ ذَوْدٍ صَدَقَةٌ»
✧ There is no ṣadaqah in what is less than five ounces, no ṣadaqah in what is less than five wasqs, and no ṣadaqah in what is less than five camels.
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ الْمُخَارِقِ فَاسْتَعَانَ بِهِ نَفَرٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ فِي نِكَاحِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ فَأَبَى أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُمْ شَيْئًا فَانْطَلَقُوا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ قَالَ كِنَانَةُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَنْتَ سَيِّدُ قَوْمِكَ وَأَتَوْكَ يَسْأَلُونَكَ فَلَمْ تُعْطِهِمْ شَيْئًا قَالَ أَمَّا فِي هَذَا فَلَا أُعْطِي شَيْئًا وَسَأُخْبِرُكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ تَحَمَّلْتُ بِحَمَالَةٍ فِي قَوْمِي فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ يُعِينَنِي فَقَالَ «بَلْ نَحْمِلُهَا عَنْكَ يَا قَبِيصَةُ وَنُؤَدِّيهَا إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ إِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْمَسْأَلَةَ لَا تَحِلُّ إِلَّا لِثَلَاثَةٍ رَجُلٍ تَحَمَّلَ بِحَمَالَةٍ فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ لَهُ حَتَّى يُؤَدِّيَهَا أَوْ رَجُلٍ أَصَابَتْهُ جَائِحَةٌ فَاجْتَاحَتْ مَالَهُ فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ لَهُ حَتَّى يُصِيبَ قِوَامًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ أَوْ سِدَادًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ أَوْ رَجُلٍ أَصَابَتْهُ فَاقَةٌ فَشَهِدَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنْ ذَوِي الْحِجَا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ أَنْ حَلَّتْ لَهُ الْمَسْأَلَةُ فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ لَهُ حَتَّى يُصِيبَ قِوَامًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ أَوْ سِدَادًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ فَالْمَسْأَلَةُ فِيمَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ سُحْتٌ»
✧ I was with Qabisah b. al-Mukhariq when a group of his people sought his help for the marriage of a man from his people, but he refused to give them anything. They left him. Kinanah said: I said to him, “You are the chief of your people, and they came to you asking, but you gave them nothing.” He said, “As for this, I will not give anything. I will tell you about that: I incurred a blood money obligation among my people, so I came to the Prophet ﷺ and told him, asking him to help me. He said, ‘Rather we will carry it on your behalf, O Qabisah, and pay it to them from the zakah camels.’ Then he said, ‘Asking is not lawful except for three: a man who has incurred a blood money obligation, for whom it is lawful until he pays it; or a man struck by a calamity that destroyed his wealth, for whom it is lawful until he obtains a sufficiency of livelihood or a means of livelihood; or a man stricken by poverty, for whom three from among the wise of his people testify that asking is lawful for him, so it is lawful for him until he obtains a sufficiency of livelihood or a means of livelihood. Asking other than that, O Qabisah, is suht.’”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3292No grade recorded
«إِنِّي أَنْقَلِبُ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَأَجِدُ التَّمْرَةَ سَاقِطَةً ثُمَّ أَرْفَعُهَا لِآكُلَهَا ثُمَّ أَخْشَى أَنْ تَكُونَ صَدَقَةٌ فَأُلْقِيهَا»
✧ “I return to my family and find a date fallen, then I pick it up to eat it. Then I fear that it might be sadaqah, so I throw it away.”
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّا لَا تَحِلُّ لَنَا الصَّدَقَةُ وَمَوْلَى الْقَوْمِ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Indeed, charity is not lawful for us, and the client of a people is from among them."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3294No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِتَمْرٍ مِنْ تَمْرِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَتَنَاوَلَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ تَمْرَةً فَلَاكَهَا فِي فِيهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «كِخْ كِخْ إِنَّا لَا تَحِلُّ لَنَا الصَّدَقَةُ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ was brought dates from the dates of charity, and al-Hasan b. ʿAli took a date and chewed it in his mouth. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Spit it out, spit it out! Indeed, charity is not lawful for us."
أَتَى أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ تَمْرٌ مِنْ تَمْرِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَأَخَذَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ تَمْرَةً فَلَاكَهَا فَأَدْخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِصْبَعَيْهِ فِي فِيهِ فَأَخْرَجَهَا وَقَالَ «كِخْ أَيْ بُنَيَّ أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّا لَا تَحِلُّ لَنَا الصَّدَقَةُ»
✧ Dates from the dates of charity were brought to Abu al-Qasim ﷺ. Al-Hasan b. ʿAli took a date and chewed it, so the Prophet ﷺ inserted his two fingers into his mouth and removed it, and said: "Spit it out, O my little son. Did you not know that charity is not lawful for us?"
كَانَ يَمُرُّ بِالتَّمْرَةِ سَاقِطَةً فَلَا يَمْنَعُهُ مِنْ أَخْذِهَا إِلَّا مَخَافَةُ الصَّدَقَةِ»
✧ He used to pass by a fallen date, and nothing prevented him from taking it except fear that it might be from charity."
أَنَّهُ جَاءَ هُوَ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يُكَلِّمَانِهِ فِيمَا قَسَمَ مِنْ خُمْسِ خَيْبَرَ لِبَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَبَنِي الْمُطَّلِبِ ابْنَيْ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ وَقَرَابَتُهُمْ مِثْلُ قَرَابَتِهِمْ فَقَالَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَسَمْتَ لِإِخْوَانِنَا بَنِي الْمُطَّلِبِ وَبَنِي هَاشِمٍ ابْنَيْ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ وَلَمْ تُعْطِنَا شَيْئًا فَقَالَ لَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَمَا إِنَّ هَاشِمًا وَالْمُطَّلِبَ شَيْءٌ وَاحِدٌ» قَالَ جُبَيْرُ بْنُ مُطْعَمٍ وَلَمْ يَقْسِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِبَنِي عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ وَلَا لِبَنِي نَوْفَلٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْخُمْسِ شَيْئًا كَمَا قَسَمَ لِبَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَبَنِي الْمُطَّلِبِ
✧ He and ʿUthman b. ʿAffan came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to speak with him concerning what he had distributed of the khums of Khaybar to Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib, the two sons of ʿAbd Manaf, saying: their kinship is like our kinship. They said: O Messenger of Allah, you distributed to our brothers Banu al-Muttalib and Banu Hashim, the two sons of ʿAbd Manaf, but you gave us nothing. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them: "Indeed, Hashim and al-Muttalib are one and the same." Jubayr b. Mutʿim said: And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not distribute any of that khums to Banu ʿAbd Shams or to Banu Nawfal, just as he distributed to Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib.
«لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ بِالطَّوَافِ مَنْ تَرُدُّهُ الْأَكْلَةُ وَالْأَكْلَتَانِ وَاللُّقْمَةُ وَاللُّقْمَتَانِ وَالتَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ وَلَكِنَّ الْمِسْكِينَ الَّذِي لَا يَجِدُ غِنًى فَيُغْنِيهِ وَلَا يَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا وَيَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا»
✧ "The poor person is not the one who goes around and is turned away by a morsel or two, a bite or two, a date or two. Rather, the poor person is the one who does not find sufficiency to make him independent, does not beg people importunately, and is too shy to beg people importunately."
«إِنَّ الصَّدَقَةَ لَا تَحِلُّ لِغَنِيٍّ وَلَا لِذِي مِرَّةٍ سَوِيٍّ»
✧ “Indeed, sadaqah is not lawful for a rich person, nor for one who is able-bodied and strong.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3300No grade recorded
«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِصَدَقَةِ الْفِطْرِ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ» قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ عِدْلَهُ مُدَّيْنِ مِنْ حِنْطَةٍ
✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded that Zakat al-Fitr be a saʿ of dates or a saʿ of barley." ʿAbd Allah b. ʿUmar said: People made its equivalent two mudds of wheat.
«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَضَ زَكَاةَ الْفِطْرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ عَلَى النَّاسِ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ عَلَى كُلِّ حُرٍّ وَعَبْدٍ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ»
✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made Zakat al-Fitr of Ramadan obligatory upon the people: a saʿ of dates or a saʿ of barley upon every free person and slave, male and female, among the Muslims."
«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَضَ زَكَاةَ الْفِطْرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ نَفْسٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ حُرٍّ أَوْ عَبْدٍ رَجُلٍ أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ صَغِيرٍ أَوْ كَبِيرٍ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ»
✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made Zakat al-Fitr of Ramadan obligatory upon every Muslim soul, free or slave, male or female, young or old: a saʿ of dates or a saʿ of barley."
«فَرَضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَكَاةَ الْفِطْرِ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ عَلَى الْحَرِّ وَالْعَبْدِ وَالذَّكَرِ وَالْأُنْثَى مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَأَمَرَ بِهَا أَنْ تُؤَدَّى قَبْلَ خُرُوجِ النَّاسِ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ»
✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made Zakat al-Fitr obligatory: a saʿ of dates or a saʿ of barley upon the free and the slave, the male and the female among the Muslims, and he commanded that it be given before the people go out to the prayer."
«أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِزَكَاةِ الْفِطْرِ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ عَنْ كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ صَغِيرٍ أَوْ كَبِيرٍ حُرٍّ أَوْ عَبْدٍ» قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ «ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّاسَ جَعَلُوا عِدْلَ ذَلِكَ مُدَّيْنِ مِنْ قَمْحٍ»
✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded Zakat al-Fitr: a saʿ of dates or a saʿ of barley for every Muslim, young or old, free or slave." Ibn ʿUmar said: "Then people made its equivalent two mudds of wheat."
كُنَّا نُخْرِجُ فِي صَدَقَةِ الْفِطْرِ إِذْ كَانَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَاعًا مِنْ طَعَامٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ أَقِطٍ وَلَمْ نَزَلْ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ مِنَ الشَّامِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ قَدْمَةً فَكَانَ فِيمَا كَلَّمَ بِهِ النَّاسَ «مَا أَرَى مُدَّيْنِ مِنْ سَمْرَاءِ الشَّامِ إِلَّا تَعْدِلُ صَاعًا مِنْ هَذِهِ» فَأَخَذَ النَّاسُ بِذَلِكَ
✧ We used to give for Zakat al-Fitr, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was among us, a sa' of food, or a sa' of dates, or a sa' of barley, or a sa' of aqt (dried curd). We continued doing that until Mu'awiya came to us from Syria to Madinah. Among what he said to the people was: 'I do not think that two mudds of Syrian wheat are equivalent to a sa' of this.' So people adopted that.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3306Hasan sahih
قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ وَذَكَرُوا عِنْدَهُ صَدَقَةَ رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ «لَا أُخْرِجُ إِلَّا مَا كُنْتُ أُخْرِجُ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَاعَ تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعَ حِنْطَةٍ أَوْ صَاعَ شَعِيرٍ أَوْ صَاعَ أَقِطٍ» فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَوْ مُدَّيْنِ مِنْ قَمْحٍ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا تِلْكَ قِيمَةُ مُعَاوِيَةَ لَا أَقْبَلُهَا وَلَا أَعْمَلُ بِهَا»
✧ Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said, when they mentioned to him the sadaqah of Ramadan: 'I will not give except what I used to give during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: a sa' of dates, or a sa' of wheat, or a sa' of barley, or a sa' of aqt.' A man from the people said to him: 'Or two mudds of wheat?' He said: 'No, those are the values of Mu'awiya. I do not accept them and I will not act upon them.'
«لَا أُخْرِجُ أَبَدًا إِلَّا صَاعًا إِنَّا كُنَّا نُخْرِجُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَاعَ تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعَ شَعِيرٍ أَوْ صَاعَ زَبِيبٍ أَوْ صَاعَ أَقِطٍ
✧ "I never used to give out anything except a saa' (a unit of measurement), as we used to give during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, a saa' of dates, or a saa' of barley, or a saa' of raisins, or a saa' of dry cottage cheese, which is for the obligatory charity of breaking the fast."
«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِإِخْرَاجِ زَكَاةِ الْفِطْرِ أَنْ تُؤَدَّى قَبْلَ خُرُوجِ النَّاسِ وَأَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ كَانَ يُؤَدِّيهَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ بِيَوْمٍ أَوْ يَوْمَيْنِ»
✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded that Zakat al-Fitr be given before the people go out, and ʿAbd Allah used to give it a day or two before that."
«الصَّدَقَةُ تُطْفِئُ غَضَبَ الرَّبِّ وَتَدْفَعُ مِيتَةَ السُّوءِ»
✧ Charity extinguishes the wrath of the Lord and repels an evil death.
«كُلُّ امْرِئٍ فِي ظِلِّ صَدَقَتِهِ حَتَّى يُقْضَى بَيْنَ النَّاسِ» أَوْ قَالَ «حَتَّى يُحْكَمَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ»
✧ Every person will be in the shade of his charity until judgment is passed between people." Or he said: "until judgment is rendered between people.
«مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يَتَّقِيَ النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ فَلْيَفْعَلْ»
✧ Whoever is able to protect himself from the Fire, even with half a date, let him do so.
أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَعْظَمُ؟ قَالَ «أَنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ شَحِيحٌ تَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ وَتَأْمَلُ الْغِنَى وَلَا تُمْهِلْ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَ قُلْتَ لِفُلَانٍ كَذَا وَلِفُلَانٍ كَذَا أَلَا وَقَدْ كَانَ لِفُلَانٍ»
✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which charity is greatest?' He said: 'That you give charity while you are healthy and miserly, fearing poverty and hoping for wealth, and not delay until it reaches the throat and you say: For so-and-so is such and such, and for so-and-so is such and such, although it has already been for so-and-so.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3313No grade recorded
«مَثَلُ الْمُنْفِقِ وَالْبَخِيلِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ مِنْ لَدُنْ تَرَاقِيهِمَا إِلَى ثَدْيَيْهِمَا فَأَمَّا الْمُنْفِقُ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُنْفِقَ مَادَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَاتَّسَعَتْ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ قَدَمَيْهِ وَتَعْفُوَ أَثَرَهُ وَأَمَّا الْبَخِيلُ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُنْفِقَ أَخَذَتْ كُلُّ حَلْقَةٍ مَوْضِعَهَا وَلَزِمَتْ فَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُوَسِّعَهَا وَلَا تَتَّسِعُ فَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُوَسِّعَهَا وَلَا تَتَّسِعُ»
✧ The example of the one who spends and the miser is like two men who have two coats of mail from their collarbones to their chests. As for the one who spends, when he wants to spend, it expands and widens over him until it reaches his feet and covers his traces. As for the miser, when he wants to spend, each ring takes its place and clings, so he tries to widen it but it does not widen; he tries to widen it but it does not widen.
«أَسْرَعُكُنَّ بِي لُحُوقًا أَطْوَلُكُنَّ يَدًا» قَالَتْ فَكُنَّ يَتَطَاوَلْنَ أَيُّهُنَّ أَطْوَلُ يَدًا قَالَتْ فَكَانَ أَطْوَلَنَا يَدًا زَيْنَبُ لِأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَعْمَلُ بِيَدِهَا وَتَتَصَدَّقُ
✧ The one among you who will catch up with me soonest is the one with the longest hand." She said: So they would stretch out to see which of them had the longest hand. She said: The one with the longest hand among us was Zaynab, because she used to work with her hand and give charity.
أَنَّ نِسَاءَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ اجْتَمَعْنَ عِنْدَهُ لَمْ تُغَادِرْ مِنْهُنَّ وَاحِدَةٌ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيَّتُنَا أَسْرَعُ بِكَ لُحُوقًا؟ فَقَالَ «أَطْوَلُكُنَّ يَدًا» قَالَ فَأَخَذْنَ قَصَبَةً يَتَذَارَعْنَهَا فَمَاتَتْ سَوْدَةُ بِنْتُ زَمْعَةَ وَكَانَتْ كَثِيرَةَ الصَّدَقَةِ فَظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَطْوَلُكُنَّ يَدًا بِالصَّدَقَةِ
✧ The wives of the Prophet ﷺ gathered with him, not one of them was absent. She said: I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which of us will catch up with you soonest?' He said: 'The one among you with the longest hand.' She said: They took a reed and measured with it. Sawdah bint Zam'ah died, and she was very charitable, so we thought that he meant the one with the longest hand in charity.
«مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِصَدَقَةٍ مِنْ كَسْبٍ طَيِّبٍ وَلَا يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا الطَّيِّبَ إِلَّا كَانَ اللَّهُ يَأْخُذُهَا بِيَمِينِهِ فَيُرَبِّيهَا لَهُ كَمَا يُرَبِّي أَحَدُكُمْ فَلُوَّهُ أَوْ فَصِيلَهُ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ التَّمْرَةُ مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ»
✧ No Muslim servant gives charity from good earnings, and Allah accepts only what is good, except that Allah takes it with His right hand and nurtures it for him as one of you nurtures his foal or his young camel, until a date becomes like Uhud.
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيُرَبِّي لِأَحَدِكُمُ التَّمْرَةَ وَاللُّقْمَةَ كَمَا يُرَبِّي أَحَدُكُمْ فَلُوَّهُ أَوْ فَصِيلَهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ»
✧ Indeed, Allah nurtures for one of you the date and the morsel as one of you nurtures his foal or his young camel, until it becomes like Uhud.
«إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيَتَصَدَّقُ بِالتَّمْرَةِ إِذَا كَانَتْ مِنْ طَيِّبٍ وَلَا يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا الطَّيِّبَ فَيَجْعَلُهَا اللَّهُ فِي كَفَّهِ فَيُرَبِّيهَا كَمَا يُرَبِّي أَحَدُكُمْ فَلُوَّهُ أَوْ فَصِيلَهُ حَتَّى تَكُونَ فِي يَدِهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا مِثْلَ جَبَلٍ»
✧ Verily, one of you gives charity with a date, if it is from good [earnings] — and Allah accepts only the good — and Allah places it in His palm and nurtures it as one of you nurtures his foal or his young camel, until it becomes, in His hand, Mighty and Exalted, like a mountain.
«مَنْ تَصَدَّقَ بِعِدْلِ تَمْرَةٍ مِنْ كَسْبٍ طَيِّبٍ وَلَا يَصْعَدُ إِلَى اللَّهِ إِلَّا الطَّيِّبُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَتَقَبَّلُهَا بِيَمِينِهِ ثُمَّ يُرَبِّيهَا لِصَاحِبِهَا كَمَا يُرَبِّي أَحَدُكُمْ فَلُوَّهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ مِثْلَ الْجَبَلِ»
✧ Whoever gives charity equivalent to a date from good earnings — and nothing ascends to Allah except the good — Allah will accept it with His right hand and then nurture it for its owner as one of you nurtures his foal, until it becomes like a mountain.
خَطَبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ النِّسَاءَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَوَعَظَهُنَّ وَأَمَرَهُنَّ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَالطَّاعَةِ لِأَزْوَاجِهِنَّ وَقَالَ «إِنَّ مِنْكُنَّ مَنْ تَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ وَمِنْكُنَّ حَطَبُ جَهَنَّمَ وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ » فَقَالَتِ الْمَارِدَةُ أَوِ الْمُرَادِيَّةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلِمَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «تَكْفُرْنَ الْعَشِيرَ وَتُكْثِرْنَ اللَّعْنَ وَتُسَوِّفْنَ الْخَيْرَ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ once gave a sermon to women and advised them to fear Allah and obey their husbands. He said, "Among you, some will enter Paradise while joining their fingers, and others will enter Hell while separating their fingers." The women asked, "O Messenger of Allah, why is that?" He replied, "You curse frequently, and you are ungrateful and show ingratitude for the good done to you."
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْرُجُ يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ وَالْأَضْحَى فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ فَيَنْصَرِفُ إِلَى النَّاسِ قَائِمًا فِي مُصَلَّاهُ ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ فَيُقْبِلُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيَقُولُ لِلنَّاسِ «تَصَدَّقُوا» فَكَانَ أَكْثَرُ مَنْ يَتَصَدَّقُ النِّسَاءُ بِالْقُرْطِ وَالتِّبْرِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ يَبْعَثُ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَإِلَّا انْصَرَفَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to go out on the day of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to perform two units of prayer, then he would say the salaam and go to the people while he was standing in his prayer area. Then he would sit and face them and say to the people, "Give charity." Most of those who would give charity were women, who would give their earrings and bracelets. If he had any need, he would send someone to the people, otherwise he would leave.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3322No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ صَلَّى فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ ثُمَّ خَطَبَ ثُمَّ أَتَى النِّسَاءَ فَأَمَرَهُنَّ بِالصَّدَقَةِ»
✧ Ibn Abbas witnessed that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed on the day of Eid, then delivered a sermon, and then went to the women and commanded them to give charity.
أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلنِّسَاءِ «تَصَدَّقْنَ فَإِنَّكُنَّ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ» قَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ لَيْسَتْ مِنْ عِلْيَةِ النِّسَاءِ بِمَ أَوْ لِمَ؟ قَالَ «إِنَّكُنَّ تُكْثِرْنَ اللَّعْنَ وَتَكْفُرْنَ الْعَشِيرَ» قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ مَا مِنْ نَاقِصَاتِ الْعَقْلِ وَالدَّيْنِ أَغْلَبُ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ ذَوِي الْأَمْرِ عَلَى أَمْرِهِمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ قِيلَ وَمَا نُقْصَانُ عَقْلِهَا وَدِينِهَا؟ قَالَ أَمَّا نُقْصَانُ عَقْلِهَا فَإِنَّ شَهَادَةَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ بِشَهَادَةِ رَجُلٍ وَأَمَّا نُقْصَانُ دِينِهَا فَإِنَّهُ يَأْتِي عَلَى إِحْدَاهِنَّ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنْ يَوْمٍ لَا تُصَلِّي فِيهِ صَلَاةً وَاحِدَةً»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, it is narrated that he said to the women, "Give charity, for indeed you are the majority of the inhabitants of Hell." A woman who was not from a high-class background asked, "Why is that so, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands." Abdullah said, "The deficiency in intelligence and religion is most prevalent among men who have authority over their women." It was asked, "And what is the deficiency in her intelligence and religion?" He said, "As for the deficiency in her intelligence, the testimony of two women is equal to the testimony of one man. And as for the deficiency in her religion, it is that on some days, she does not offer a single prayer."
«أَطْعِمُوا الْجَائِعَ وَعُودُوا الْمَرِيضَ وَفُكُّوا الْعَانِيَ»
the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Feed the hungry, visit the sick, and free the ʿānī (captive). Sufyān said: ʿānī means captive.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3325No grade recorded
خَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَالْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ وَأُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ يَوْمَ فِطْرٍ وَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى فَصَلَّى بِنَا ثُمَّ خَطَبَ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ هَذَا يَوْمُ صَدَقَةٍ فَتَصَدَّقُوا» قَالَ فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَنْزِعُ خَاتَمَهُ وَالرَّجُلُ يَنْزِعُ ثَوْبَهُ وَبِلَالٌ يَقْبِضُ حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ يَرَ أَحَدًا يُعْطِي شَيْئًا تَقَدَّمَ إِلَى النِّسَاءِ فَقَالَ «يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ إِنَّ هَذَا يَوْمُ صَدَقَةٍ فَتَصَدَّقْنَ» فَجَعَلْتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تَنْزِعُ خُرْصَهَا وَخَاتَمَهَا وَجَعَلْتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تَنْزِعُ خُلْخَالَهَا وَبِلَالٌ يَقْبِضُ حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ يَرَ أَحَدًا يُعْطِي شَيْئًا أَقْبَلَ بِلَالٌ وَأَقْبَلْنَا
✧ I went, along with Al-Hasan, Al-Husayn, and Usama ibn Zaid, on the day of Eid. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ also went to the prayer place and prayed with us. Then he delivered a sermon and said, "O people, this is a day of charity, so give in charity." A man started taking off his ring, and another man started taking off his garment. Bilal held on to them, waiting until he didn't see anyone giving anything. Then Bilal approached the women and said, "O women, this is a day of charity, so give in charity." So the women started taking off their bracelets and rings. Bilal held on to them, waiting again until he didn't see anyone giving anything. Then Bilal approached and we all moved forward.
كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِحَرَّةِ الْمَدِينَةِ مُمْسِيًا فَاسْتَقْبَلَنَا أُحُدٌ فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ لِي أُحُدًا ذَهَبًا أُمْسِي ثَالِثَةً وَعِنْدِي مِنْهُ دِينَارٌ إِلَّا دِينَارٌ أَرْصُدُهُ لِدَيْنٍ إِلَّا أَنْ أَقُولَ بِهِ فِي عِبَادِ اللَّهِ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا» يَعْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِنَّ الْمُكْثِرِينَ هُمُ الْأَقَلُّونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي «لَا تَبْرَحْ حَتَّى آتِيَكَ» فَانْطَلَقَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فِي سَوَادِ اللَّيْلِ فَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا فَخَشِيتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ضِرَارَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَهَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَنْطَلِقَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ قَوْلَهُ فَجَلَسْتُ حَتَّى جَاءَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي أَرَدْتُ أَنْ آتِيَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ قَوْلَكَ لِي وَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا قَالَ «ذَاكَ جِبْرِيلُ جَاءَنِي فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ مَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ» فَقُلْتُ وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ فَقَالَ «وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ»
✧ I was walking with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the lava field of Madinah in the evening, and Uhud met us. He said, "O Abu Dharr, I would not love to have Uhud in gold and spend a third night while I have a dinar of it, except a dinar which I set aside for a debt — unless I say about it regarding the servants of Allah like this and like this," meaning from in front of him, behind him, to his right, and to his left. Then he said, "O Abu Dharr, indeed the wealthy are the fewest on the Day of Resurrection." Then he said to me, "Do not leave until I come to you." He went off, then came in the darkness of night, and I heard a sound. I feared it might be harm to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so I intended to leave. Then I remembered his words, so I sat until he came. I said to him, "I wanted to come to you, O Messenger of Allah, then I remembered your words to me, and I heard a sound." He said, "That was Jibril. He came to me and informed me that whoever of my community dies without associating anything with Allah will enter Paradise." I said, "Even if he commits adultery and steals?" He said, "Even if he commits adultery and steals."
أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ «» {أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ} «» قَالَ «» يَقُولُ ابْنُ آدَمَ مَالِي مَالِي وَهَلْ لَكَ مِنْ مَالِكَ إِلَّا مَا أَكَلْتَ فَأَفْنَيْتَ أَوْ لَبِسْتَ فَأَبْلَيْتَ أَوْ تَصَدَّقْتَ فَأَمْضَيْتَ
✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was reciting: "Competition for more distracts you" (al-Takathur, 102:1). He said, "The son of Adam says, 'My wealth, my wealth' but do you have any of your wealth except what you ate and consumed, or wore and wore out, or gave in charity and sent ahead?"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3328No grade recorded
«يَقُولُ الْعَبْدُ مَالِي وَإِنَّمَا لَهُ مِنْ مَالِهِ مَا أَكَلَ فَأَفْنَى أَوْ لَبِسَ فَأَبْلَى أَوْ تَصَدَّقَ فَأَمْضَى وَمَا سِوَاهُ فَهُوَ ذَاهِبٌ وَتَارِكُهُ لِلنَّاسِ»
✧ The servant says, 'My wealth,' but he has of his wealth only what he ate and consumed, or wore and wore out, or gave in charity and sent ahead. Whatever is besides that is departing and he leaves it to people.
«مَا طَلَعَتْ شَمْسٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا بِجَنْبَتَيْهَا مَلَكَانِ يُنَادِيَانِ يُسْمِعَانِ مَنْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ غَيْرَ الثَّقَلَيْنِ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ هَلُمُّوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ مَا قُلَّ وَكَفَى خَيْرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَى وَلَا غَرَبَتْ إِلَّا بِجَنْبَتَيْهَا مَلَكَانِ يُنَادِيَانِ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِ مُنْفِقًا خَلَفًا وَأَعْطِ مُمْسِكًا تَلَفًا»
✧ The sun never rises without two angels at its sides calling out, making the inhabitants of the earth hear except the two heavy ones [humans and jinn]: 'O people, come to your Lord. What is little and sufficient is better than what is abundant and distracting.' And it never sets without two angels at its sides calling out: 'O Allah, give the spender a replacement and give the withholder destruction.'
«أَيُّكُمْ مَالُهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ مَالِ وَارِثِهِ»؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا مِنَّا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا مَالُهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ مَالِ وَارِثِهِ قَالَ «اعْلَمُوا مَا تَقُولُونَ» قَالُوا مَا نَعْلَمُ إِلَّا ذَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «مَا مِنْكُمْ رَجُلٌ إِلَّا مَالُ وَارِثِهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ مَالِهِ» قَالُوا كَيْفَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا مَالُ أَحَدِكُمْ مَا قَدَّمَ وَمَالُ وَارِثِهِ مَا أَخَّرَ»
✧ He asked, "Which of you loves his own wealth more than the wealth of his heir?" They said, "O Messenger of Allah, there is none of us but loves his own wealth more than the wealth of his heir." He said, "Know what you are saying." They said, "We know nothing but that, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "There is no man among you but loves the wealth of his heir more than his own wealth." They said, "How so, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Indeed, a man's wealth is what he sends ahead, and the wealth of his heir is what he leaves behind."
«إِنَّ الْأَكْثَرِينَ هُمُ الْأَسْفَلُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ قَالَ بِالْمَالِ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَكَسَبُهُ مِنْ طَيِّبٍ»
✧ Indeed, those who have the most are the lowest, except one who says about wealth like this and like this, and earns it from what is good.
«مَثَلُ الْبَخِيلِ وَالْمُتَصَدِّقِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا جُبَّتَانِ أَوْ جَنَّتَانِ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ مِنْ لَدُنْ ثُدِيِّهِمَا إِلَى تَرَاقِيهِمَا فَأَمَّا الْمُنْفِقُ فَكُلَّمَا تَصَدَّقَ وَحَدَّثَ نَفْسَهُ ذَهَبَتْ عَنْ جِلْدِهِ حَتَّى تَعْفُوَ أَثَرَهُ وَتَجُوزَ بَنَانَهُ وَالْبَخِيلُ كُلَّمَا أَنْفَقَ شَيْئًا وَحَدَّثَ بِهِ نَفْسَهُ لَزِمَتْهُ وَعَضَّتْ كُلُّ حَلْقَةٍ مِنْهَا مَكَانَهَا فَهُوَ يُوَسِّعُهَا وَلَا تَتَّسِعُ»
✧ The likeness of the miser and the giver of charity is like two men upon whom are two coats of iron, or two gardens, from their nipples to their collarbones. As for the spender, every time he gives charity and intends it, it departs from his skin until it erases his trace and surpasses his fingertips. As for the miser, every time he spends something and intends it, it sticks to him and each ring of it bites into its place, and he tries to widen it but it does not widen.
«إِنَّ مَلَكًا بِبَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ يَقُولُ مَنْ يُقْرِضِ الْيَوْمَ يُجْزَ غَدًا وَمَلَكٌ بِبَابٍ آخَرَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِ مُنْفِقًا خَلَفًا وَأَعْطِ مُمْسِكًا تَلَفًا»
✧ An angel at one of the gates of Paradise says, 'Whoever lends today will be repaid tomorrow,' and an angel at another gate says, 'O Allah, give the spender a replacement and give the withholder destruction.'
«لِأَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ الْمَرْءُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ وَصِحَّتِهِ بِدِرْهَمٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ»
✧ For a person to give charity during his life and health of one dirham is better for him than giving one hundred dirhams at his death.
أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَعْظَمُ قَالَ «أَنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ شَحِيحٌ تَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ وَتَأْمَلُ الْغِنَى وَلَا تُمْهِلْ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَ قُلْتَ لِفُلَانٍ كَذَا وَلِفُلَانٍ كَذَا أَلَا وَقَدْ كَانَ لِفُلَانٍ»
✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, which charity is greatest?" He said, "That you give charity while you are healthy and miserly, fearing poverty and hoping for wealth. Do not delay until it reaches the throat and you say, 'For so-and-so is such-and-such and for so-and-so is such-and-such,' while it has already become for so-and-so."
«مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَتَصَدَّقُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يُهْدِي بَعْدَمَا يَشْبَعُ»
✧ The likeness of the one who gives charity at death is the likeness of the one who gives a gift after he is full.
أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَوْمًا لِأَصْحَابِهِ «تَصَدَّقُوا» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ» قَالَ إِنَّ عِنْدِي آخَرَ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى زَوْجَتِكَ» قَالَ «إِنَّ عِنْدِي آخَرَ قَالَ » أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى وَلَدِكَ « قَالَ إِنَّ عِنْدِي آخَرَ قَالَ » أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى خَادِمِكَ « قَالَ إِنَّ عِنْدِي آخَرَ قَالَ» أَنْتَ أَبْصَرُ
✧ One day he said to his companions, "Give charity." A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have a dinar." He said, "Spend it on yourself." He said, "I have another." He said, "Spend it on your wife." He said, "I have another." He said, "Spend it on your child." He said, "I have another." He said, "Spend it on your servant." He said, "I have another." He said, "You know best."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3338No grade recorded
«كُنَّا نَتَحَامَلُ عَلَى ظُهُورِنَا فَيَجِيءُ الرَّجُلُ بِالشَّيْءِ فَيُتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ بِنِصْفِ صَاعٍ وَجَاءَ إِنْسَانٌ بِشَيْءٍ كَثِيرٍ فَقَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنْ صَدَقَةِ هَذَا وَقَالُوا هَذَا مُرَاءٍ فَنَزَلَتِ {الَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ الْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ} »
✧ "We used to carry loads on our backs, and a man would bring something and give it in charity. A man came with half a sa', and someone came with a lot. They said, 'Allah has no need of this one's charity,' and they said, 'This one is showing off.' Then was revealed: {Those who criticize the voluntary givers among the believers concerning charities and those who find nothing but their effort}."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3339No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي عُذْرَةَ أَعْتَقَ مَمْلُوكًا لَهُ عَنْ دُبُرٍ مِنْهُ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَبَاعَهُ وَدَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ ثَمَنَهُ وَقَالَ «ابْدَأْ بِنَفْسِكَ فَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ عَلَى أَبَوَيْكَ ثُمَّ عَلَى قَرَابَتِكَ ثُمَّ هَكَذَا ثُمَّ هَكَذَا»
✧ A man from Banu 'Udhrah freed a slave of his upon his death. The Prophet ﷺ sent for it, sold it, and handed him its price, and said, "Begin with yourself and give charity to it, then to your parents, then to your relatives, then thus, then thus."
كَانَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ أَكْثَرَ أَنْصَارِيٍّ بِالْمَدِينَةَ مَالًا وَكَانَ أَحَبَّ أَمْوَالِهِ إِلَيْهِ بَيْرَحَاءُ وَكَانَتْ مُسْتَقْبِلَةَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدْخُلُهَا وَيَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَاءٍ فِيهَا طَيِّبٍ قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّى تُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ} قَامَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ فِي كِتَابِهِ {لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّى تُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ} وَإِنَّ أَحَبَّ أَمْوَالِي إِلَيَّ بَيْرَحَاءُ فَإِنَّهَا صَدَقَةٌ لِلَّهِ أَرْجُو بِرَّهَا وَذُخْرَهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ فَضَعْهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «بَخٍ ذَاكَ مَالٌ رَابِحٌ بَخٍ ذَاكَ مَالٌ رَابِحٌ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ مَا قُلْتَ فِيهَا وَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ تَجْعَلَهَا فِي الْأَقْرَبِينَ» فَقَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ أَفْعَلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَسَمَهَا أَبُو طَلْحَةَ فِي أَقَارِبِهِ وَبَنِي عَمِّهِ
✧ Abu Talhah was the wealthiest of the Ansar in Madinah, and the most beloved of his properties to him was Bayruha', which faced the mosque. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to enter it and drink from its sweet water. Anas said: When this verse was revealed: {You will not attain righteousness until you spend from what you love}, Abu Talhah stood before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, Allah says in His Book: {You will not attain righteousness until you spend from what you love}. The most beloved of my properties to me is Bayruha', so it is charity for Allah. I hope for its righteousness and its treasure with Allah. Place it, O Messenger of Allah, wherever you wish." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Excellent! That is profitable wealth. Excellent! That is profitable wealth. I have heard what you said about it, and I think you should make it for the nearest relatives." Abu Talhah said, "I will do so, O Messenger of Allah." So Abu Talhah divided it among his relatives and his paternal cousins.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3341No grade recorded
قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَائِمٌ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «يَدُ الْمُعْطِي الْعُلْيَا وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ أُمَّكَ وَأَبَاكَ وَأُخْتَكَ وَأَخَاكَ ثُمَّ أَدْنَاكَ أَدْنَاكَ»
✧ I came to Madinah and found the Messenger of Allah ﷺ standing, addressing the people, saying, "The upper hand is the giving hand. Begin with those you support: your mother, your father, your sister, your brother, then the next nearest, and the next nearest."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3342No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَجُلًا يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو مَذْكُورٍ دَبَّرَ غُلَامًا لَهُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ وَكَانَ يُقَالُ لِلْغُلَامِ يَعْقُوبُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يَشْتَرِي هَذَا؟ » فَاشْتَرَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي عَدِيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ بِثَمَنِ مِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ مُحْتَاجًا فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِنَفْسِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ فَضْلٌ فَبِأَهْلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ فَضْلٌ فَبِأَقْرِبَائِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ فَضْلٌ فَهَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا»
✧ A man called Abu Madhkur arranged the manumission of a slave of his after his death, and he had no other property. The slave was called Ya'qub. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will buy this?" A man from Banu 'Adi b. Ka'b bought him for one hundred dirhams. The Prophet ﷺ said, "If one of you is in need, let him begin with himself. If he has surplus, then for his family. If he has surplus, then for his relatives. If he has surplus, then here and here and here."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3343No grade recorded
أَنَّهَا أَعْتَقَتْ وَلِيدَةً فِي زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَوْ أَعْطَيْتِهَا أَخْوَالَكِ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِأَجْرِكِ»
✧ She freed a slave-girl during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, "Had you given her to your maternal uncles, it would have been greater for your reward."
«الصَّدَقَةُ عَلَى الْمِسْكِينِ صَدَقَةٌ وَهِيَ عَلَى ذِي الرَّحِمِ اثْنَانِ صَدَقَةٌ وَصِلَةٌ»
✧ "Charity to a poor person is charity, and to a relative it is two: charity and maintaining ties."
«أَفْضَلُ الصَّدَقَةِ مَا كَانَ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ»
✧ "The best charity is that given from surplus wealth. Begin with those you support."
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «جُهْدُ الْمُقِلِّ وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ»
✧ "O Messenger of Allah, which charity is best?" He said, "The effort of one with little, and begin with those you support."
«سَبَقَ دِرْهَمٌ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ وَكَيْفَ ذَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «رَجُلٌ لَهُ مَالٌ كَثِيرٌ أَخَذَ مِنْ عُرْضِهِ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا وَرَجُلٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ إِلَّا دِرْهَمَانِ فَأَخَذَ أَحَدَهُمَا فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهِ»
✧ "A dirham has surpassed a hundred thousand." A man said, "How is that, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "A man who has much wealth takes from its side a hundred thousand and gives it in charity, and a man who has only two dirhams takes one of them and gives it in charity."
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ ﷺ «سَقْيُ الْمَاءِ»
✧ I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, which charity is best?' He ﷺ said, 'Giving water to drink.'
«ثَلَاثَةٌ يُحِبُّهُمُ اللَّهُ وَثَلَاثَةٌ يُبْغِضُهُمُ اللَّهُ أَمَّا الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّهُمُ اللَّهُ فَرَجُلٌ أَتَى قَوْمًا فَسَأَلَهُمْ بِاللَّهِ وَلَمْ يَسْأَلُهُمْ بِقَرَابَةٍ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ فَتَخَلَّفَ رَجُلٌ بِأَعْقَابِهِمْ فَأَعْطَاهُ سِرًّا لَا يَعْلَمُ بِعَطِيَّتِهِ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَالَّذِي أَعْطَاهُ وَقَوْمٌ سَارُوا لَيْلَتَهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ النَّوْمُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِمْ مِمَّا يَعْدِلُ بِهِ نَزَلُوا فَوَضَعُوا رُءُوسَهُمْ وَقَامَ يَتَمَلَّقُنِي وَيَتْلُو آيَاتِي وَرَجُلٌ كَانَ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَلَقِيَ الْعَدُوَّ فَهُزِمُوا وَأَقْبَلَ بِصَدْرِهِ يَقْتُلُ أَوْ يُفْتَحُ لَهُ وَثَلَاثَةٌ يُبْغِضُهُمُ اللَّهُ الشَّيْخُ الزَّانِي وَالْفَقِيرُ الْمُخْتَالُ وَالْغَنِيُّ الظَّلُومُ»
✧ 'Three Allah loves, and three Allah hates. As for those Allah loves: a man who came to a people and asked them by Allah, not asking them by kinship between them and him, and a man lagged behind them and gave him secretly, no one knowing of his gift except Allah and the one he gave; and a people who traveled through their night until sleep became dearer to them than anything they might equate with it, so they alighted, laid down their heads, and one stood appealing to Me and reciting My verses; and a man who was in a raiding party, met the enemy, and they were routed, and he advanced with his chest fighting or victory was opened for him. And three Allah hates: the adulterous old man, the arrogant poor man, and the oppressive rich man.'
«ثَلَاثَةٌ يُحِبُّهُمُ اللَّهُ وَثَلَاثَةٌ يُبْغِضُهُمُ اللَّهُ يُحِبُّ رَجُلًا كَانَ فِي قَوْمٍ فَأَتَاهُمْ سَائِلٌ فَسَأَلَهُمْ بِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ لَا يَسْأَلُهُمْ لَقَرَابَةٍ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ فَبَخِلُوا فَخَلَفَهُمْ بِأَعْقَابِهِمْ حَيْثُ لَا يَرَاهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَمَنْ أَعْطَاهُ وَرَجُلٌ كَانَ فِي كَتِيبَةٍ فَانْكَشَفُوا فَكَبَّرَ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى يَفْتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ يُقْتَلَ وَرَجُلٌ كَانَ فِي قَوْمٍ فَأَدْلَجُوا فَطَالَتْ دُلْجَتُهُمْ فَنَزَلُوا وَالنَّوْمُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِمْ مِمَّا يَعْدِلُ بِهِ فَنَامُوا وَقَامَ يَتْلُو آيَاتِي وَيَتَمَلَّقُنِي وَيُبْغِضُ الشَّيْخَ الزَّانِي وَالْبَخِيلَ الْمُتَكَبِّرَ وَذَكَرَ الثَّالِثَ»
✧ 'Three Allah loves, and three Allah hates. He loves a man who was among a people and a beggar came to them asking them by the face of Allah, not asking them for kinship between them and him, and they were miserly, so he followed them at their heels where no one saw him except Allah and the one he gave; and a man who was in a battalion and they were exposed, so he said the takbir and fought until Allah granted him victory or he was killed; and a man who was among a people and they traveled at night, and their night journey was long, so they alighted and sleep was dearer to them than anything they might equate with it, so they slept and he stood reciting My verses and appealing to Me. And He hates the adulterous old man, the miserly arrogant one'—and he mentioned the third.
«لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ الَّذِي تَرُدُّهُ التَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ وَالْأَكْلَةُ وَالْأَكْلَتَانِ وَلَكِنَّ الْمِسْكِينَ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لَهُ مَا يَسْتَغْنِي بِهِ وَلَا يُعْلَمُ بِحَاجَتِهِ فَيُتَصَدَّقُ عَلَيْهِ فَذَلِكَ الْمَحْرُومُ»
✧ 'The poor person is not the one who is turned away by a date or two, or a morsel or two; rather, the poor person is the one who has nothing to suffice himself, and his need is not known so that charity might be given to him. That is the deprived one.'
«لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ بِهَذَا الطَّوَّافِ الَّذِي يَطُوفُ عَلَى النَّاسِ تَرُدُّهُ اللُّقْمَةُ وَاللُّقْمَتَانِ وَالتَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ» قَالُوا فَمَنِ الْمِسْكِينُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «الَّذِي لَا يَجِدُ غِنًى يُغْنِيهِ وَلَا يُفْطَنُ لَهُ فَيُتَصَدَّقُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا يَقُومُ فَيَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ»
✧ 'The poor person is not this one who goes around among the people and is turned away by a morsel or two, or a date or two.' They said, 'Then who is the poor person, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'The one who finds no wealth to suffice him, and is not noticed so that charity might be given to him, and does not stand up asking people.'
أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ أُمِّي افْتُلِتَتْ نَفْسُهَا وَأُرَاهَا لَوْ تَكَلَّمَتْ تَصَدَّقَتْ أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ»
✧ A man said to the Prophet ﷺ, 'My mother died suddenly, and I think if she had spoken she would have given charity. May I give charity on her behalf?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Yes.'
خَرَجَ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي بَعْضِ مَغَازِيهِ وَحَضَرَتْ أُمَّهُ الْوَفَاةُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَقِيلَ لَهَا أُوصِي فَقَالَتْ فَبِمَ أُوصِي إِنَّمَا الْمَالُ مَالُ سَعْدٍ فَتُوُفِّيَتْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْدِمَ سَعْدٌ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ سَعْدٌ ذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ يَنْفَعُهَا أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «نَعَمْ» فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ حَائِطُ كَذَا وَكَذَا صَدَقَةٌ عَلَيْهَا لِحَائِطٍ سَمَّاهُ
✧ Sa'd b. 'Ubadah set out with the Prophet ﷺ on one of his expeditions, and his mother was on the point of death in Madinah. Someone said to her, 'Make a bequest.' She said, 'In what should I make a bequest? The wealth belongs to Sa'd.' She died before Sa'd arrived. When Sa'd arrived, this was mentioned to him. Sa'd said, 'O Messenger of Allah, will it benefit her if I give charity on her behalf?' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Yes.' Sa'd said, 'Such-and-such an orchard is charity on her behalf,' for an orchard he named.
«بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ بِفَلَاةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ إِذْ رَأَى سَحَابَةً فَسَمِعَ فِيهَا صَوْتًا اسْقِ حَدِيقَةَ فُلَانٍ فَجَاءَ ذَلِكَ السَّحَابُ فَأَفْرَغَ مَا فِيهِ فِي حُرَّةٍ قَالَ فَانْتَهَيْتُ فَإِذَا فِيهَا أَذْنَابُ شِرَاجٍ وَإِذَا شَرْجَةٌ مِنْ تِلْكَ الشُّرَجِ قَدِ اسْتَوْعَبَتِ الْمَاءَ فَسَقَتْهُ فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ قَائِمٍ يَحُولُ الْمَاءَ بِمِسْحَاتِهِ فِي حَدِيقَةٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ مَا اسْمُكَ؟ فَقَالَ فُلَانٌ الِاسْمُ الَّذِي سَمِعَ فِيَ السَّحَابَةِ قَالَ كَيْفَ تَسْأَلُنِي يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ عَنِ اسْمِي؟ قَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ فِيَ السَّحَابَةِ الَّذِي هَذَا مَاؤُهَا يَقُولُ اسْقِ حَدِيقَةَ فُلَانٍ بِاسْمِكَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي مَا تَصْنَعُ فِيهَا قَالَ أَمَا إِذَا قُلْتَ هَذَا فَإِنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَا خَرَجَ مِنْهَا فَأَصَّدَقُ بِثُلُثِهِ وَآكُلُ أَنَا وَعِيَالِي ثُلُثَهُ وَأُعِيدُ فِيهَا ثُلُثَهُ»
✧ 'While a man was in a desert area of the earth, he saw a cloud and heard a voice in it saying, "Water the garden of so-and-so." That cloud came and emptied what was in it onto a rocky tract. He said, "I followed it and found channels whose ends had captured the water, and one channel from among those channels had absorbed the water and carried it. I came to a man standing, directing the water with his shovel into a garden." I said to him, "O servant of Allah, what is your name?" He said, "So-and-so," the name I had heard in the cloud. He said, "Why do you ask me, O servant of Allah, about my name?" I said, "I heard in the cloud whose water this is saying, 'Water the garden of so-and-so,' with your name. Tell me what you do with it." He said, "Since you say this, I look at what it produces and give a third of it in charity, I and my family eat a third, and I put a third back into it."
«قَالَ رَجُلٌ لَأَتَصَدَّقَنَّ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَخَرَجَ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَوَضَعَهَا فِي يَدِ زَانِيَةٍ فَأَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ تُصُدِّقَ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى زَانِيَةٍ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى زَانِيَةٍ لَأَتَصَدَّقَنَّ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَخَرَجَ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَوَضَعَهَا فِي يَدِ سَارِقٍ فَأَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ تُصُدِّقَ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى سَارِقٍ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى سَارِقٍ لَأَتَصَدَّقَنَّ اللَّيْلَةَ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَخَرَجَ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَوَضَعَهَا فِي يَدِ غَنِيٍّ فَأَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ تُصُدِّقَ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى غَنِيٍّ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى غَنِيٍّ فَأُتِيَ فَقِيلَ أَمَّا صَدَقَتُكَ فَقَدْ قُبِلَتْ أَمَّا الزَّانِيَةُ فَلَعَلَّهَا تَسْتَعِفُّ بِهَا عَنْ زِنَاهَا وَأَمَّا السَّارِقُ فَلَعَلَّهُ يَسْتَعِفُّ عَنْ سَرِقَتِهِ وَلَعَلَّ الْغَنِيَّ يَعْتَبِرُ فَيُنْفِقُ مِمَّا أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى»
✧ 'A man said, "I will certainly give charity." He went out with his charity and placed it in the hand of an adulteress. In the morning people were saying, "Charity was given last night to an adulteress." He said, "O Allah, to You be praise—to an adulteress! I will certainly give charity." He went out with his charity and placed it in the hand of a thief. In the morning people were saying, "Charity was given last night to a thief." He said, "O Allah, to You be praise—to a thief! I will certainly give charity tonight." He went out with his charity and placed it in the hand of a rich man. In the morning people were saying, "Charity was given last night to a rich man." He said, "O Allah, to You be praise—to a rich man!" Then he was told, "As for your charity, it has been accepted. As for the adulteress, perhaps she will become chaste by it and refrain from her adultery. As for the thief, perhaps he will refrain from his theft. And perhaps the rich man will take heed and spend from what Allah, Exalted is He, has given him."
أَنَّهَا جَاءَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ «يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ لِي شَيْءٌ إِلَّا مَا أَدْخَلَ عَلَيَّ الزُّبَيْرُ فَهَلْ عَلَيَّ مِنْ جُنَاحٍ أَنْ أَرْضَخَ مِمَّا يُدْخِلُ عَلَيَّ؟ قَالَ » ارْضَخِي مَا اسْتَطَعْتِ وَلَا تُوعِي فَيُوعِيَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ
✧ She came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Prophet of Allah, I have nothing except what al-Zubayr brings to me. Is there any sin upon me if I give a little from what he brings to me?' He said, 'Give what you can, and do not hoard, lest Allah withhold from you.'
«إِذَا تَصَدَّقْتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ بَيْتِ زَوْجِهَا غَيْرَ مُفْسِدَةٍ فَلَهَا أَجْرُهَا وَلِزَوْجِهَا أَجْرُ مَا اكْتَسَبَ وَلَهَا أَجْرُ مَا نَوَتْ وَلِلْخَازِنِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ»
✧ 'When a woman gives charity from her husband's house without causing corruption, she has her reward, her husband has the reward for what he earned, she has the reward for what she intended, and the storekeeper has the like of that.'
«الْخَازِنُ الْمُسْلِمُ الْأَمِينُ الَّذِي يُنْفِقُ» وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ «يُعْطِي مَا أُمِرَ فَيُعْطِيهِ كَامِلًا مُوَفَّرًا طَيِّبَةً بِهِ نَفْسُهُ فَيَدْفَعُهُ إِلَى الَّذِي أُمِرَ بِهِ أَحَدُ الْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ»
✧ 'The trustworthy Muslim storekeeper who spends'—and sometimes he said, 'gives what he is commanded, giving it complete, full, with a willing heart, and passes it to the one to whom he is commanded—is one of the givers of charity.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3360No grade recorded
كُنْتُ مَمْلُوكًا فَكُنْتُ أَتَصَدَّقُ بِلَحْمٍ مِنْ لَحْمِ مَوْلَايَ فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «تَصَدَّقْ وَالْأَجْرُ بَيْنَكُمَا نِصْفَانِ»
✧ I was a slave, and I used to give charity from the meat of my master. I asked the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, “Give charity, and the reward is between you two, half and half.”
«الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى»
✧ “The upper hand is better than the lower hand.”
«الْأَيْدِي ثَلَاثَةٌ فَيَدُ اللَّهِ الْعُلْيَا وَيَدُ الْمُعْطِي الَّتِي تَلِيهَا وَيَدُ السُّفْلَى السَّائِلَةُ فَأَعْطِ الْفَضْلَ وَلَا تَعْجِزْ عَنْ نَفْسِكِ»
✧ “Hands are three: Allah's hand is the highest, the giver's hand is next to it, and the lower hand is the one that begs. So give from your surplus, and do not be incapable regarding yourself.”
«خَيْرُ الصَّدَقَةِ مَا كَانَ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَلْيَبْدَأْ أَحَدُكُمْ بِمَنْ يَعُولُ تَقُولُ امْرَأَتُهُ أَنْفِقْ عَلَيَّ وَتَقُولُ أُمُّ وَلَدِهِ إِلَى مَنْ تَكِلُنِي؟ وَيَقُولُ لَهُ عَبْدُهُ أَطْعِمْنِي وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي»
✧ “The best charity is that given out of surplus wealth, and the upper hand is better than the lower hand. Let one of you begin with those he supports: his wife says, ‘Spend on me,’ and the mother of his child says, ‘To whom are you leaving me?’ and his slave says, ‘Feed me and employ me.’”
«الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا الْمُنْفِقَةُ وَالْيَدُ السُّفْلَى السَّائِلَةُ»
✧ “The upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is the one that spends, and the lower hand is the one that begs.”
جَاءَهَا سَائِلٌ فَأَمَرَتْ لَهُ عَائِشَةُ بِشَيْءٍ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَتِ الْخَادِمُ دَعَتْهَا فَنَظَرَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا تُخْرِجِينَ شَيْئًا إِلَّا بِعِلْمِكِ» قَالَتْ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ لَهَا «لَا تُحْصِي فَيُحْصِيَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ»
✧ A beggar came to her, and Aisha ordered that something be given to him. When the servant went out, she called her and looked at it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, “You do not give anything except with your knowledge.” She said, “I indeed know.” He said to her, “Do not count it, lest Allah count it against you.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3366No grade recorded
دَخَلَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ عَلَى ابْنِ عَامِرٍ يَعُودُهُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ عُمَرَ أَلَا تَدْعُوا لِي فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا تُقْبَلُ صَلَاةٌ إِلَّا بِطَهُورٍ وَلَا صَدَقَةٌ مِنْ غُلُولٍ» وَقَدْ كُنْتُ عَلَى الْبَصْرَةِ
✧ Ibn Umar entered upon Ibn Amir to visit him. He said, “O Ibn Umar, will you not supplicate for me?” Ibn Umar said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, ‘No prayer is accepted without purification, and no charity from misappropriated wealth.’ And you were in charge of Basra.”
«مَنْ جَمَعَ مَالًا حَرَامًا ثُمَّ تَصَدَّقَ بِهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ فِيهِ أَجْرٌ وَكَانَ إِصْرُهُ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ “Whoever amasses unlawful wealth and then gives it in charity, he has no reward for it, and its burden is upon him.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3368No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى أُمِّ مُبَشِّرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّةِ فِي نَخْلٍ لَهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَنْ غَرَسَ هَذَا النَّخْلَ؟ أَمُسْلِمٌ أُمْ كَافِرٌ»؟ فَقَالَتْ بَلْ مُسْلِمٌ فَقَالَ ﷺ «لَا يَغْرِسُ الْمُسْلِمُ غَرْسًا وَلَا يَزْرَعُ زَرْعًا فَيَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ إِنْسَانٌ وَلَا دَابَّةٌ وَلَا شَيْءٌ إِلَّا كَانَتْ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ»
✧ He entered upon Umm Mubashshir al-Ansariyyah in a palm grove of hers. The Prophet ﷺ said to her, “Who planted these palm trees? A Muslim or a disbeliever?” She said, “Rather, a Muslim.” He ﷺ said, “No Muslim plants a tree or sows a crop, and a human, an animal, or anything eats from it, except that it is charity for him.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3369No grade recorded
«لَا يَغْرِسُ مُسْلِمٌ غَرْسًا فَيَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ سَبْعٌ وطيرٌ وَشَيْءٌ إِلَّا كَانَ لَهُ فِيهِ أَجْرٌ»
✧ “No Muslim plants a tree, and a beast, a bird, or anything eats from it, except that he has a reward for it.”
«يَا كَعْبُ بْنَ مَالِكٍ أَبْشِرْ بِخَيْرِ يَوْمٍ أَتَى عَلَيْكَ مُنْذُ وَلَدَتْكَ أُمُّكَ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَمِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ أُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ؟ قَالَ «بَلْ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ» ثُمَّ تَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ {لَقَدْ تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ} حَتَّى بَلَغَ {هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ} قَالَ وَفِينَا نَزَلَتِ {اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَكُونُوا مَعَ الصَّادِقِينَ} قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنَّ مِنْ تَوْبَتِي أَنِّي لَا أُحَدِّثُ إِلَّا صِدْقًا وَأَنْ أَنْخَلِعَ مِنْ مَالِي كُلِّهِ صَدَقَةً إِلَى اللَّهِ وَإِلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَمْسِكْ عَلَيْكَ بَعْضَ مَالِكَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَإِنِّي أُمْسِكُ سَهْمِيَ الَّذِي بِخَيْبَرَ قَالَ فَمَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ أَعْظَمَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ صِدْقِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ صَدَقْتُهُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبَايَ أَنْ لَا نَكُونَ كَذَبْنَا فَهَلَكْنَا كَمَا هَلَكُوا وَمَا تَعَمَّدْتُ لِكَذْبَةٍ بَعْدُ وَإِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَحْفَظَنِيَ اللَّهُ فِيمَا بَقِيَ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ فَهَذَا مَا انْتَهَى إِلَيْنَا مِنْ حَدِيثِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ
أَنَّ جَدَّهُ أَبَا لُبَابَةَ حِينَ تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي تَخَلُّفِهِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَفِيمَا كَانَ سَلَفَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فِي أُمُورٍ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَهْجُرُ دَارِيَ الَّتِي أَصَبْتُ فِيهَا الذَّنْبَ وَأَنْتَقِلُ إِلَيْكَ وَأُسَاكِنُكَ وَإِنِّي أَنْخَلِعُ مِنْ مَالِي كُلِّهِ صَدَقَةً إِلَى اللَّهِ وَإِلَى رَسُولِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يُجْزِئُكَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الثُّلُثُ»
✧ When Allah accepted the repentance of his grandfather Abu Lubabah for his staying behind from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and for matters in which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had been angry with him, he said, “O Messenger of Allah, I will abandon my house in which I committed the sin, and I will move to you and live with you. I will detach myself from all my wealth as charity to Allah and His Messenger.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, “A third of that will suffice you.”
إِنِّي لَعِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ بِمِثْلِ الْبَيْضَةِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ قَدْ أَصَابَهَا مِنْ بَعْضِ الْمَغَازِي فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ خُذْ هَذِهِ مِنِّي صَدَقَةً فَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَصْبَحَ لِي مَالٌ غَيْرُهَا قَالَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَجَاءَهُ مِنْ شِقِّهِ الْآخَرَ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ وَجْهِهِ فَأَخَذَهَا مِنْهُ فَحَذَفَهُ بِهَا حَذَفَةً لَوْ أَصَابَهُ عَقَرَهُ أَوْ أَوْجَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَأْتِي أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى جَمِيعِ مَا يَمْلِكُ فَيُتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ يَتَكَفَّفُ النَّاسَ إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَةُ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى خُذْ عَنَّا مَالَكَ لَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا بِهِ»
✧ I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a man came to him with something like an egg of gold that he had obtained from one of the expeditions. He said, “O Messenger of Allah, take this from me as charity, for by Allah, I have no wealth other than it this morning.” The Prophet ﷺ turned away from him. He came to him from his other side and said the same, and the Prophet ﷺ turned away from him. Then he came to him from in front of him, and he took it from him and threw it at him with a throw that, had it hit him, would have wounded or hurt him. Then he said, “One of you brings all that he owns and gives it in charity, then sits and begs from people. Charity is only from surplus wealth. Take your wealth from us; we have no need of it.”
أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الْمِسْكِينَ لَيَقُومُ عَلَى بَابِي فَمَا أَجِدُ لَهُ شَيْئًا أُعْطِيهِ إِيَّاهُ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِي لَهُ شَيْئًا تُعْطِينَهُ إِيَّاهُ إِلَّا ظِلْفًا مُحْرَقًا فَادْفَعِيهِ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَدِهِ»
✧ She said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: "A beggar stands at my door, and I cannot find anything to give him." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her: "If you find nothing to give him except a burnt hoof, then place it in his hand."
«رُدُّوا السَّائِلَ وَلَوْ بِظِلْفٍ مُحْرَقٍ»
"Respond to the one who asks even with a sheep's foot." According to the narration of Harun: "With a sheep's burned foot." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2565)
«مَنْ سَأَلَ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعْطُوهُ وَمَنِ اسْتَعَاذَ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ وَمَنْ دَعَاكُمْ فَأَجِيبُوهُ»
✧ “Whoever asks by Allah, give him; whoever seeks refuge by Allah, grant him refuge; and whoever invites you, respond to him.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3376No grade recorded
«كُنَّا نَتَحَامَلُ فَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَجِيءُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ فَيُقَالُ هَذَا مُرَاءٍ وَيَجِيءُ الرَّجُلُ بِنِصْفِ الصَّاعِ فَيُقَالُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لِغَنِيٌّ عَنْ هَذَا فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {الَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ الْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ} »
✧ “We used to carry loads, and a man would bring charity and it would be said, 'This is showing off,' and a man would bring half a ṣāʿ and it would be said, 'Indeed, Allah is in no need of this.' Then this verse was revealed: {Those who criticize the volunteers among the believers concerning charities.}”
كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْ صَدْرِ النَّهَارِ فَجَاءَ قَوْمٌ حُفَاةٌ عُرَاةٌ مُجْتَابِي النِّمَارِ عَلَيْهِمْ سُيُوفٌ عَامَّتُهُمْ مِنْ مُضَرَ بَلْ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ مُضَرَ فَرَأَيْتُ وَجْهَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَغَيَّرَ لَمَّا رَأَى مِنْهُمْ مِنَ الْفَاقَةِ قَالَ فَدَخَلَ فَأَمَرَ بِلَالًا فَأَذَّنَ ثُمَّ أَقَامَ فَخَرَجَ فَصَلَّى ثُمَّ قَالَ «{يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَاءً وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالْأَرْحَامَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا} {اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلْتَنْظُرْ نَفْسٌ مَا قَدَّمَتْ لِغَدٍ} يَتَصَدَّقُ امْرُؤٌ مِنْ دِينَارِهِ وَمِنْ دِرْهَمِهِ وَمِنْ ثَوْبِهِ وَمِنْ صَاعِ بُرِّهِ وَمِنْ صَاعِ شَعِيرِهِ» حَتَّى ذَكَرَ شِقَّ تَمْرَةٍ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ بِصُرَّةٍ كَادَتْ تَعْجِزُ كَفَاهُ بَلْ قَدْ عَجَزَتْ ثُمَّ تَتَابَعَ النَّاسُ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَوْمَيْنِ مِنَ الثِّيَابِ وَالطَّعَامِ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ وَجْهَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَهَلَّلَ حَتَّى كَأَنَّهُ مُذْهَبَةٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَنْ سَنَّ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ سُنَّةً حَسَنَةً فَعَمِلَ بِهَا مَنْ بَعْدَهُ كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرُهَا وَأَجْرُ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِهَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَمَنْ سَنَّ سَنَّةً سَيِّئَةً فَعَمِلَ بِهَا مَنْ بَعْدَهُ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ وِزْرُهَا وَوِزْرُ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ»
✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ in the early part of the day when a group of people came, barefoot, naked, wearing striped cloaks, with swords, most of them from Mudar, indeed all of them from Mudar. I saw the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ change when he saw their poverty. He entered and ordered Bilal, who called the adhan and then the iqamah. He came out and prayed, then he said: 'O people, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer. Fear Allah, and let every soul look to what it has put forth for tomorrow.' 'Let a man give charity from his dinar and from his dirham and from his garment and from a sa' of his wheat and from a sa' of his barley' until he mentioned half a date. Then a man from the Ansar came with a purse that his hands could hardly hold, indeed they could not. Then people followed one another until I saw before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ two heaps of clothes and food. I saw the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ brighten until it seemed gilded. Then he said: 'Whoever introduces a good practice in Islam and it is acted upon after him, he will have its reward and the reward of those who act upon it after him, without diminishing their rewards in any way. Whoever introduces an evil practice and it is acted upon after him, he will bear its burden and the burden of those who act upon it after him.'
«كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ»
✧ “Every act of kindness is charity.”
«كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ»
✧ “Every act of kindness is charity.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3380No grade recorded
إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «خَلَقَ اللَّهُ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ عَلَى سِتِّينَ وَثَلَاثِ مِائَةِ مَفْصِلٍ فَمَنْ كَبَّرَ اللَّهَ وَحَمِدَهُ وَهَلَّلَ اللَّهَ وَسَبِّحَ اللَّهَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ اللَّهَ وَعَزَلَ عَظْمًا عَنْ طَرِيقِ النَّاسِ وَعَزَلَ حَجَرًا عَنْ طَرِيقِهِمْ وَأَمَرَ بِمَعْرُوفٍ وَنَهَى عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ عَدَدَ تِلْكَ السِّتِّينَ وَالثَّلَاثِ مِائَةٍ فَإِنَّهُ يُمْسِي يَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَدْ زَحْزَحَ نَفْسَهُ عَنِ النَّارِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah created every human being from the children of Adam with three hundred and sixty joints. Whoever declares Allah's greatness (takbīr), praises Him (taḥmīd), declares His oneness (tahlīl), glorifies Him (tasbīḥ), seeks His forgiveness (istighfār), removes a bone from people's path, removes a stone from their path, enjoins good, and forbids evil to the number of those three hundred and sixty, he will end that day having distanced himself from the Fire."
«كُلُّ سُلَامَى مِنَ النَّاسِ عَلَيْهِ صَدَقَةٌ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ تَطْلُعُ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ يَعْدِلُ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَيُعِينُ الرَّجُلَ فِي دَابَّتِهِ وَيَحْمِلُهُ عَلَيْهَا وَيَرْفَعُ لَهُ عَلَيْهَا مَتَاعَهُ وَيُمِيطُ الْأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ صَدَقَةٌ»
✧ “Every joint of a person has charity due from him every day the sun rises: judging justly between two people is charity, helping a man with his mount and lifting him onto it or raising his belongings onto it for him is charity, and removing harm from the road is charity.”
«لَيْسَ مِنْ نَفْسِ ابْنِ آدَمَ إِلَّا عَلَيْهَا صَدَقَةٌ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ طَلَعَتْ فِيهِ الشَّمْسُ» قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ لَنَا صَدَقَةٌ نَتَصَدَّقُ بِهَا؟ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ أَبْوَابَ الْخَيْرِ لَكَثِيرَةٌ التَّسْبِيحُ وَالتَّحْمِيدُ وَالتَّكْبِيرُ وَالتَّهْلِيلُ وَالْأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَتُمِيطُ الْأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ وَتُسْمِعُ الْأَصَمَّ وَتَهْدِي الْأَعْمَى وَتُدِلُّ الْمُسْتَدِلَّ عَلَى حَاجَتِهِ وَتَسْعَى بِشِدَّةِ سَاقَيْكَ مَعَ اللَّهْفَانِ الْمُسْتَغِيثِ وَتَحْمِلُ بِشِدَّةِ ذِرَاعَيْكَ مَعَ الضَّعِيفِ فَهَذَا كُلُّهُ صَدَقَةٌ مِنْكَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ»
✧ “There is no person among the descendants of Adam but that charity is due from him every day the sun rises.” It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, from where can we get charity to give?" He said: "Indeed, the doors of good are many: glorifying Allah (tasbīḥ), praising Allah (taḥmīd), declaring Allah's greatness (takbīr), declaring Allah's oneness (tahlīl), enjoining good, forbidding evil, removing harm from the road, making the deaf hear, guiding the blind, directing the seeker to what he needs, hastening with the strength of your legs to the distressed one who calls for help, and carrying with the strength of your arms for the weak. All of this is charity from you for yourself."
«لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ وَلَدُ زِنْيَةٍ وَلَا مَنَّانٌ وَلَا عَاقٌّ وَلَا مُدْمِنُ خَمْرٍ»
✧ “The child of fornication will not enter Paradise, nor the one who reminds others of his favors, nor the one who is disobedient to his parents, nor the one addicted to wine.”
«لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ عَاقٌّ وَلَا مَنَّانٌ وَلَا مُدْمِنُ خَمْرٍ»
✧ “The one who is disobedient to his parents will not enter Paradise, nor the one who reminds others of his favors, nor the one addicted to wine.”
«أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكَ يَقُولُ لَكَ » كَيْفَ رَفَعْتُ ذِكْرَكَ؟ « قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ » إِذَا ذُكِرْتُ ذُكِرْتَ مَعِي
✧ “Gabriel came to me and said: 'Indeed, my Lord and your Lord says to you: How have I raised your mention?' He said: 'Allah knows best.' He said: 'When I am mentioned, you are mentioned with Me.'”
قَالَ لَهُ الْحَجَّاجُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَسْأَلَنِي؟ فَقَالَ قَالَ سَمُرَةُ بْنُ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْمَسْأَلَةَ كَدٌّ يَكُدُّ بِهَا الرَّجُلُ وَجْهَهُ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَبْقَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَمَنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَسْأَلَ ذَا سُلْطَانٍ أَوْ يَنْزِلَ بِهِ أَمْرٌ لَا يَجِدُ مِنْهُ بَدًّا»
✧ Al-Hajjaj said to him: 'What prevented you from asking me?' He replied: 'Samurah b. Jundub said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, this asking is a wound with which a man disfigures his face. So whoever wishes may preserve his face, and whoever wishes may leave it, except one who asks a person of authority, or who is faced with a matter from which he finds no alternative.""
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ «أَلَا تُبَايعُونِي؟ » قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ بَايَعْنَاكَ مَرَّةً فَعَلَى مَاذَا نُبَايعُكَ؟ قَالَ «تُبَايعُونِي عَلَى أَنْ لَا تُشْرِكُوا بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا وَأَنْ تُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ» ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ ذَلِكَ كَلِمَةً خَفِيفَةً «عَلَى أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلُوا النَّاسَ شَيْئًا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his companions: "Will you not pledge allegiance to me?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah, we have already pledged allegiance to you once. Upon what shall we pledge allegiance to you?" He said: "Pledge allegiance to me upon that you will not associate anything with Allah, that you will establish prayer, and give zakāh." Then he followed that with a light word: "Upon that you will not ask people for anything."
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْضَى لَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا وَيَسْخَطُ لَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا يَرْضَى لَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوهُ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَأَنْ تَعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَأَنْ تَنَاصَحُوا مَنْ وَلَّاهُ اللَّهُ أَمَرَكُمْ وَيَسْخَطُ لَكُمْ قِيلَ وَقَالَ وَإِضَاعَةَ الْمَالِ وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِ»
✧ "Allah is pleased with three things for you and displeased with three things for you. He is pleased that you worship Him and do not associate anything with Him, that you hold fast to the rope of Allah all together, and that you give sincere counsel to those whom Allah has placed in authority over your affairs. And He is displeased for you with idle gossip, wasting wealth, and excessive asking."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3389No grade recorded
«لَا تُلْحِفُوا فِي الْمَسْأَلَةِ فَوَاللَّهِ لَا يَسْأَلُنِي أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ شَيْئًا فَتُخْرِجَ لَهُ مَسْأَلَتُهُ مِنِّي شَيْئًا وَأَنَا لَهُ كَارِهٌ فَيُبَارَكُ لَهُ فِيهِ»
✧ "Do not be importunate in asking. For by Allah, if any one of you asks me for something and his request brings out from me something while I am reluctant, it will not be blessed for him."
«مَنْ سَأَلَ وَلَهُ أُوقِيَّةٌ فَهُوَ مُلْحِفٌ» قَالَ قُلْتُ الْيَاقُوتَةُ نَاقَتِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُوقِيَّةٍ قَالَ وَالْأُوقِيَّةُ أَرْبَعُونَ دِرْهَمًا
✧ "Whoever asks while he has an uqiya, then he is importunate." He said: I said: 'The ruby of my camel is better than an uqiya.' He said: 'An uqiya is forty dirhams.'
«مَنْ سَأَلَ النَّاسَ لِيُثْرِيَ مَالَهُ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ رَضْفٌ مِنَ النَّارِ يَتَلَهَّبُهُ مَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُقِلَّ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُكْثِرْ»
✧ "Whoever asks people in order to increase his wealth, it is only a live coal from the Fire, so let him decrease it or let him increase it."
«إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَأْتِينِي مِنْكُمْ لَيَسْأَلَنِي فَأُعْطِيهِ فَيَنْطَلِقُ وَمَا يَحْمِلُ فِي حِضْنِهِ إِلَّا النَّارَ»
✧ "Indeed, a man among you may come to me to ask, and I give him, and he departs carrying in his lap nothing but Fire."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3393No grade recorded
«وَمَنْ سَأَلَ النَّاسَ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ فَإِنَّمَا يَسْأَلُ جَمْرًا فَلْيَسْتَقِلَّ مِنْهُمْ أَوْ لِيَسْتَكْثِرْ»
✧ "And whoever asks people from their wealth, he is only asking for coals, so let him take little or much from them."
أَنَّ الْأَقْرَعَ وَعُيَيْنَةَ سَأَلَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا فَأَمَرَ مُعَاوِيَةَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ بِهِ لَهُمَا وَخَتَمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَمَرَ بِدَفْعِهِ إِلَيْهِمَا فَأَمَّا عُيَيْنَةَ فَقَالَ مَا فِيهِ؟ فَقَالَ فِيهِ الَّذِي أَمَرْتَ بِهِ فَقَبَّلَهُ وَعَقْدَهُ فِي عِمَامَتِهِ وَكَانَ أَحْلَمَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ وَأَمَّا الْأَقْرَعُ فَقَالَ أَحْمِلُ صَحِيفَةً لَا أَدْرِي مَا فِيهَا كَصَحِيفَةِ الْمُتَلَمِّسِ فَأَخْبَرَ مُعَاوِيَةُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِقَوْلِهِمَا وَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي حَاجَتِهِ فَمَرَّ بِبَعِيرٍ مُنَاخٍ عَلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ فِي أَوَّلِ النَّهَارِ ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِهِ فِي آخِرِ النَّهَارِ وَهُوَ فِي مَكَانِهِ فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ صَاحِبُ هَذَا الْبَعِيرِ» فَابْتُغِيَ فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ فَقَالَ «اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ فِي هَذِهِ الْبَهَائِمِ ارْكَبُوهَا صِحَاحًا وَكُلُوهَا سِمَانًا كَالْمُتَسَخِّطِ آنِفًا إِنَّهُ مَنْ سَأَلَ شَيْئًا وَعِنْدَهُ مَا يُغْنِيهِ فَإِنَّمَا يَسْتَكْثِرُ مِنْ جَمْرِ جَهَنَّمَ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا يُغْنِيهِ؟ قَالَ «مَا يُغَدِّيهِ أَوْ يُعَشِّيهِ»
✧ Al-Aqra' and 'Uyaynah asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for something, so he ordered Mu'awiyah to write it for them, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sealed it and ordered it to be given to them. As for 'Uyaynah, he said: 'What is in it?' He replied: 'In it is what you requested.' So he kissed it and tied it to his turban, and he was the more forbearing of the two men. As for al-Aqra', he said: 'I carry a document I do not know what is in it, like the document of al-Mutalammis.' So Mu'awiyah informed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of their words. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out for his need and passed by a camel kneeling at the door of the mosque at the beginning of the day, then he passed by it at the end of the day while it was still in its place. He said: 'Where is the owner of this camel?' It was searched for but he was not found. Then he said: 'Fear Allah concerning these animals. Ride them while they are healthy, and eat them while they are fat,' as if he was annoyed a short while before. 'Indeed, whoever asks for something while he has what suffices him, then he is only increasing in coals of Hell.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what suffices him?' He said: 'What feeds him in the morning or in the evening.'
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ الْمُخَارِقِ فَاسْتَعَانَ بِهِ نَفَرٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ فِي نِكَاحِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ فَأَبَى أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُمْ شَيْئًا فَانْطَلَقُوا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ قَالَ كِنَانَةُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَنْتَ سَيِّدُ قَوْمِكَ وَأَتَوْكَ يَسْأَلُونَكَ فَلَمْ تُعْطِهِمْ شَيْئًا قَالَ أَمَّا فِي هَذَا فَلَا أُعْطِي شَيْئًا وَسَأُخْبِرُكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ تَحَمَّلْتُ بِحَمَالَةٍ فِي قَوْمِي فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ يُعِينَنِي فَقَالَ «بَلْ نَحْمِلُهَا عَنْكَ يَا قَبِيصَةُ وَنُؤَدِّيهَا إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ إِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْمَسْأَلَةَ لَا تَحِلُّ إِلَّا لِثَلَاثٍ رَجُلٍ تَحَمَّلَ حَمَالَةً فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ لَهُ حَتَّى يُؤَدِّيَهَا أَوْ رَجُلٍ أَصَابَتْهُ جَائِحَةٌ فَاجْتَاحَتْ مَالَهُ حَتَّى يُصِيبَ قِوَامًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ أَوْ سِدَادًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ وَرَجُلٍ أَصَابَتْهُ فَاقَةٌ فَشَهِدَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنْ ذَوِي الْحِجَا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ أَنْ قَدْ حَلَّتْ لَهُ الْمَسْأَلَةُ فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ لَهُ حَتَّى يُصِيبَ قِوَامًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ أَوْ سِدَادًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ وَالْمَسْأَلَةُ فِيمَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ سُحْتٌ»
✧ I was with Qabisa b. al-Mukhariq when a group of his people sought his help for the marriage of a man of his people, but he refused to give them anything. So they went away from him. Kinanah said: I said to him: 'You are the chief of your people, and they came to you asking, yet you gave them nothing?' He said: 'As for this, I will not give anything, and I will tell you about that. I incurred a debt of reconciliation among my people, so I came to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him, and asked him to help me. He said: "Rather, we will bear it on your behalf, O Qabisa, and we will pay it to them from the camels of zakah." Then he said: "Indeed, asking is not lawful except for three: a man who has incurred a debt of reconciliation, so it becomes lawful for him until he pays it; or a man afflicted by a calamity that destroyed his wealth, until he obtains a means of livelihood or a sufficiency of livelihood; or a man stricken by poverty, and three men of sound judgment from his people testify that poverty has indeed befallen him, so asking becomes lawful for him until he obtains a means of livelihood or a sufficiency of livelihood. And asking in other than these cases is unlawful gain.""
تَحَمَّلْتُ حَمَالَةً فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَسْأَلُهُ مِنْهَا فَقَالَ ﷺ «أَقِمْ يَا قَبِيصَةُ حَتَّى تَجِيئَنَا الصَّدَقَةُ فَنَأْمُرَ لَكَ بِهَا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا قَبِيصَةُ إِنَّ الْمَسْأَلَةَ لَا تَحِلُّ إِلَّا لِإِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ رَجُلٍ تَحَمَّلَ بِحَمَالَةٍ فَحَلَّتْ لَهُ الْمَسْأَلَةُ حَتَّى يُصِيبَهَا ثُمَّ يُمْسِكَ وَرَجُلٍ أَصَابَتْهُ جَائِحَةٌ فَاجْتَاحَتْ مَالَهُ فَحَلَّتْ لَهُ الْمَسْأَلَةُ حَتَّى يُصِيبَ قِوَامًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ أَوْ سِدَادًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ وَرَجُلٍ أَصَابَتْهُ فَاقَةٌ حَتَّى يَقُولَ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنْ ذَوِي الْحِجَا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ لَقَدْ أَصَابَتْ فُلَانًا فَاقَةٌ فَحَلَّتْ لَهُ الْمَسْأَلَةُ حَتَّى يُصِيبَ قِوَامًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ أَوْ قَالَ سِدَادًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ وَمَا سِوَاهُنَّ مِنَ الْمَسْأَلَةِ سُحْتٌ يَأْكُلُهَا صَاحِبُهَا سُحْتًا»
✧ I incurred a debt of reconciliation, so I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to ask him for help with it. He ﷺ said: "Stay, O Qabisa, until the zakah comes to us, and then we will order it for you." Then he said: "O Qabisa, asking is not lawful except for one of three: a man who has incurred a debt of reconciliation, so asking is lawful for him until he obtains it, then he should refrain; or a man afflicted by a calamity that destroyed his wealth, so asking is lawful for him until he obtains a means of livelihood or a sufficiency of livelihood; or a man stricken by poverty such that three men of sound judgment from his people say: 'Poverty has indeed befallen so-and-so,' so asking is lawful for him until he obtains a means of livelihood or a sufficiency of livelihood. Whatever other asking is unlawful gain, and its owner consumes it as unlawful gain."
«إِنَّمَا الْمَسَائِلُ كُدُوحٌ يَكْدَحُ بِهَا الرَّجُلُ وَجْهَهُ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَبْقَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَمَنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَسْأَلَ ذَا سُلْطَانٍ أَوْ فِي أَمْرٍ لَا يَجِدُ مِنْهُ بُدًّا»
✧ "Indeed, asking is a wound with which a man disfigures his face. So whoever wishes may preserve his face, and whoever wishes may leave it, except one who asks a person of authority, or in a matter from which he finds no alternative."
أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَخْطُبُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «مَنْ يَسْتَغْنِ يُغْنِهِ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْ يُعِفُّهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَنَا أَعْطَيْنَاهُ» قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ وَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ فَأَنَا الْيَوْمَ أَكْثَرُ الْأَنْصَارِ مَالًا
✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intending to ask him something, and I heard him delivering a sermon, saying: “Whoever seeks self-sufficiency, Allah will make him self-sufficient; whoever seeks chastity, Allah will keep him chaste; and whoever asks us, we will give him.” He said: So I turned back and did not ask him, and today I am the wealthiest of the Ansar.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3399Hasan sahih
أَنَّ أَهْلَهُ شَكَوْا إِلَيْهِ الْحَاجَةَ فَخَرَجَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيَسْأَلَهُ لَهُمْ شَيْئًا فَوَافَقَهُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ آنَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَسْتَغْنُوا عَنِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْ يُعِفُّهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ يَسْتَغْنِ يُغْنِهِ اللَّهُ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ مَا رُزِقَ عَبْدٌ شَيْئًا أَوْسَعَ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ وَلَئِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ تَسْأَلُونِي لَأُعْطِيَنَّكُمْ مَا وَجَدْتُ»
✧ His family complained to him about need, so he went out to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to ask him for something for them. He came upon him on the pulpit while he was saying: “O people, the time has come for you to be self-sufficient from begging. For whoever seeks chastity, Allah will keep him chaste; whoever seeks self-sufficiency, Allah will make him self-sufficient. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, no servant has been granted anything more expansive than patience. And if you refuse except to ask me, I will give you whatever I find.”
أَنَّ نَاسًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ سَأَلُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ ثُمَّ سَأَلُوهُ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا نَفِدَ مَا عِنْدَهُ قَالَ «مَا يَكُنْ عِنْدِي مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلَنْ أَدَّخِرَهُ عَنْكُمْ وَمَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْ يُعِفُّهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ يَسْتَغْنِ يُغْنِهِ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ يَتَصَبَّرْ يُصَبِّرْهُ اللَّهُ وَمَا أُعْطِيَ أَحَدٌ عَطَاءً هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَأَوْسَعُ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ»
✧ Some of the Ansar asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he gave them. Then they asked him again, and he gave them until what he had was exhausted. He said: “Whatever good I have, I will not withhold it from you. Whoever seeks chastity, Allah will keep him chaste; whoever seeks self-sufficiency, Allah will make him self-sufficient; and whoever tries to be patient, Allah will make him patient. No one has been given a gift better and more expansive than patience.”
«مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»
✧ “Whoever Allah intends good for, He grants him understanding of the religion.”
سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ حُلْوَةٌ خَضِرَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِسَخَاوَةِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا أَخْيَرُ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى» قَالَ حَكِيمٌ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَا أَرْزَأُ أَحَدًا بَعْدَكَ شَيْئًا حَتَّى أُفَارِقَ الدُّنْيَا
✧ I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he gave me. Then I asked him, and he gave me three times. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “O Hakim, this wealth is sweet and green. Whoever takes it with a generous soul, it will be blessed for him in it; and whoever takes it with greed of the soul, it will not be blessed for him in it, and he will be like one who eats but does not become full. The upper hand is better than the lower hand.” Hakim said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, by the One who sent you with the truth, I will not ask anyone for anything after you until I leave this world.
أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ أَعْطَى ابْنَ السَّعْدِيِّ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَهَا وَقَالَ أَنَا عَنْهَا غَنِيٌّ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ إِنِّي قَائِلٌ لَكَ مَا قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا سَاقَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ رِزْقًا مِنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ وَلَا إِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ فَخُذْهُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَعْطَاكَهُ»
✧ Umar b. al-Khattab gave Ibn al-Sa'di a thousand dinars, but he refused to accept them and said: I am self-sufficient from it. Umar said to him: I will tell you what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “When Allah brings you provision without your asking or coveting, take it, for Allah has given it to you.”
«مَنْ بَلَغَهُ مَعْرُوفٌ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ وَلَا إِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ فَلْيَقْبَلْهُ وَلَا يَرُدَّهُ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ رِزْقٌ سَاقَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ»
✧ “Whoever receives a kindness from his brother without asking or coveting, let him accept it and not reject it, for it is only provision that Allah has brought to him.”
اسْتَعْمَلَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغْتُ مِنْهَا وَأَدَّيْتُهَا إِلَيْهِ أَمَرَ لِيَ بِعُمَالَةٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّمَا عَمِلْتُ لِلَّهِ وَأَجْرِي عَلَى اللَّهِ قَالَ خُذْ مَا أُعْطِيتَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ قُلْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِعَمَلِي مِثْلَ قَوْلِكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أُعْطِيتَ شَيْئًا مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَسْأَلَ فَكُلْ وَتَصَدَّقْ»
✧ Umar b. al-Khattab appointed me over the sadaqah. When I finished with it and delivered it to him, he ordered for me an allowance. I said to him: I only worked for Allah, and my reward is with Allah. He said: Take what you are given, for I said to my worker at the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the like of what you said, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When you are given something without your asking, then eat it and give charity from it.”
سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ حُلْوَةٌ خَضِرَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِطِيبِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَهُ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى»
✧ I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he gave me. Then I asked him again, and he gave me. Then he said: “This wealth is sweet and green. Whoever takes it with a good soul, it will be blessed for him in it; and whoever takes it with greed of the soul, it will not be blessed for him in it, and he will be like one who eats but does not become full. The upper hand is better than the lower hand.”
«لَا يَشْكُرُ اللَّهَ مَنْ لَا يَشْكُرُ النَّاسَ»
✧ “He does not thank Allah who does not thank people.”
«مَنِ اسْتَعَاذَكُمْ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعْطُوهُ وَمَنْ دَعَاكُمْ فَأَجِيبُوهُ وَمَنْ صَنَعَ إِلَيْكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا فَكَافِئُوهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا مَا تُكَافِئُونَهُ فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ لَهُ حَتَّى تَرَوْا أَنْ قَدْ كَافَأْتُمُوهُ»
✧ “Whoever seeks refuge with you by Allah, grant him refuge; whoever asks you by Allah, give him; whoever invites you, accept his invitation; and whoever does you a kindness, reward him. If you do not find what to reward him with, then supplicate to Allah for him until you see that you have rewarded him.”
«مَنْ سَأَلَ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعْطُوهُ وَمَنِ اسْتَعَاذَ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ وَمَنْ دَعَاكُمْ فَأَجِيبُوهُ»
✧ “Whoever asks by Allah, give him; whoever seeks refuge by Allah, grant him refuge; and whoever invites you, accept his invitation.”
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَرَرْتُ بِرَجُلٍ فَلَمْ يُضَيِّفْنِي وَلَمْ يَقْرِنِي أَفَأَحْتَكِمُ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «بَلِ اقْرِهِ»
✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, I passed by a man and he did not offer me hospitality or entertain me; may I take recompense? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Rather, entertain him."
جَاءَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَأَطْعَمْنَاهُمْ رُطَبًا وَسَقَيْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «هَذَا مِنَ النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي تُسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us with Abu Bakr and Umar, and we fed them fresh dates and gave them water to drink. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This is among the blessings about which you will be asked."
قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ فُلَانًا يَدْعُو وَيَذْكُرُ خَيْرًا وَيَذْكُرُ أَنَّكَ أَعْطَيْتَهُ دِينَارَيْنِ قَالَ «لَكِنْ فُلَانٌ أَعْطَيْتُهُ مَا بَيْنَ كَذَا إِلَى كَذَا فَمَا أَثْنَى وَلَا قَالَ خَيْرًا»
✧ I said to the Prophet ﷺ, "I saw so-and-so praying and mentioning good, and he mentioned that you gave him two dinars." He said, "But so-and-so — I gave him between such and such, and he neither praised nor said any good."
«مَنْ صُنِعَ إِلَيْهِ مَعْرُوفٌ فَقَالَ لِفَاعِلِهِ جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا فَقَدْ أَبْلَغَ فِي الثَّنَاءِ»
the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever some good was done to him, and he says: 'May Allah reward you in goodness' then he has done the most that he can of praise." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2035)
أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَأَيْتُ فُلَانًا يَشْكُرُ ذَكَرَ أَنَّكَ أَعْطَيْتَهُ دِينَارَيْنِ فَقَالَ ﷺ «لَكِنَّ فُلَانًا قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُهُ مَا بَيْنَ الْعَشَرَةِ إِلَى الْمِئَةِ فَمَا يَشْكُرُهُ وَلَا يَقُولُهُ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ عِنْدِي لِحَاجَتِهِ مُتَأَبِّطَهَا وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا النَّارُ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لِمَ تُعْطِهِمْ؟ قَالَ «يَأْبَوْنَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَسْأَلُونِي وَيَأْبَى اللَّهُ لِيَ الْبُخْلَ»
✧ He entered upon the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I saw so-and-so thanking; he mentioned that you gave him two dinars." He ﷺ said, "But so-and-so — I gave him between ten and a hundred, and he neither thanks for it nor mentions it. One of you leaves my presence with his need tucked under his arm, and it is nothing but the Fire." He said: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, why do you give them?" He said, "They insist on asking me, and Allah refuses stinginess for me."
«مَنْ أُولِيَ مَعْرُوفًا فَلَمْ يَجِدْ لَهُ خَيْرًا إِلَّا الثَّنَاءَ فَقَدْ شَكَرَهُ وَمَنْ كَتَمَهُ فَقَدْ كَفَرَهُ وَمَنْ تَحَلَّى بِبَاطِلٍ فَهُوَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ»
✧ "Whoever is granted a kindness and finds no reward for it except praise, has thanked for it; and whoever conceals it, has disbelieved in it. And whoever adorns himself with what is false is like one wearing two garments of falsehood."
«لَا يُفْتَحُ إِنْسَانٌ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بَابَ مَسْأَلَةٍ إِلَّا فَتْحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بَابَ فَقْرٍ لَأَنْ يَعْمِدَ الرَّجُلُ حَبْلًا إِلَى جَبَلٍ فَيَحْتَطِبَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ وَيَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ مُعْطًى أَوْ مَمْنُوعًا»
✧ "No one opens a door of begging for himself, except Allah opens a door of poverty upon him. If a man takes a rope to a mountain, gathers firewood on his back, and eats from it, it is better for him than asking people, whether they give or refuse."