On Accepting Gifts (Hadāyā)

باب فی قبول الہدایا

بَابٌ فِيْ قَبُوْلِ الْهَدَايَا

On accepting presents (gifts, hadiyya).

عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا اَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ اَبِيْ طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ دَخَلَ عَلٰى فَاطِمَةَ ـ اَلْحَدِيْثَ وَفِيْهِ فَقَالَتْ اِيْتِ فُلَانًا الْيَهُوْدِيَّ فَاشْتَرِ مِنْهُ دَقِيْقًا فَجَاۤءَهٗ فَاَخَذَ الدَّقِيْقَ فَقَالَ الْيَهُوْدِيُّ اَنْتَ خَتَنُ هٰذَا الَّذِيْ يَزْعُمُ اَنَّهٗ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَخُذْ دِيْنَارَكَ وَلَكَ الدَّقِيْقُ ۔

(Abū Dāwūd.)

Vocabulary: iʾti fulānan — go to such-and-such a person; fa-shtari minhu daqīqan — buy flour from him; khatan — son-in-law.

Translation: Ḥaḍrat Sahl ibn Saʿd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Ḥaḍrat ʿAlī (may Allah be pleased with him) went to Sayyidatunā Fāṭima (may Allah be pleased with her) — [the narrator gives] the ḥadīth to its end, and in it is this: The Sayyida (may Allah be pleased with her) said, "Go to such-and-such a Jew and buy flour from him." So he went to him and took the flour. Then the Jew said, "Are you the son-in-law of that man who claims that he is the Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Yes!" Then he said, "Take your dīnār as well, and the flour is yours too."

عَنِ الْاَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ فِيْ حَدِيْثٍ طَوِيْلٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ (اَيْ لِاَبِيْ ذَرٍّ) مَا تَقُوْلُ فِيْ هٰذَا الْعَطَاۤءِ قَالَ خُذْهُ فَاِنَّ فِيْهِ الْيَوْمَ مَعُوْنَةً فَاِذَا كَانَ ثَمَنًا لِدِيْنِكَ فَدَعْهُ ۔

(Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim — N — Kalkatta.) [reading uncertain]

Translation: Ḥaḍrat Aḥnaf ibn Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates in a long ḥadīth: He said, "I asked Abū Dharr: What do you say about this gift?" He said, "Take it, for in it there is help for today; but

when it becomes the price of your religion, then leave it."

عَنْ اَبِيْ هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ اَوْ لَيْلَةٍ فَاِذَا هُوَ بِاَبِيْ بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَقَالَ مَا اَخْرَجَكُمَا مِنْ بُيُوْتِكُمَا هٰذِهِ السَّاعَةَ قَالَا الْجُوْعُ قَالَ وَاَنَا وَالَّذِيْ نَفْسِيْ بِيَدِهٖ لَاَخْرَجَنِيَ الَّذِيْ اَخْرَجَكُمَا قُوْمُوْا فَقَامُوْا مَعَهٗ فَاَتٰى رَجُلًا مِنَ الْاَنْصَارِ فَاِذَا هُوَ لَيْسَ فِيْ بَيْتِهٖ فَلَمَّا رَاَتْهُ الْمَرْاَةُ قَالَتْ مَرْحَبًا وَاَهْلًا فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اَيْنَ فُلَانٌ قَالَتْ ذَهَبَ يَسْتَعْذِبُ لَنَا مِنَ الْمَاۤءِ اِذْ جَاۤءَ الْاَنْصَارِيُّ فَنَظَرَ اِلٰى رَسُوْلِ اللهِ وَصَاحِبَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ مَا اَحَدٌ الْيَوْمَ اَكْرَمَ اَضْيَافًا مِنِّيْ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ فَجَاۤءَهُمْ بِعِذْقٍ فِيْهِ بُسْرٌ وَتَمْرٌ وَرُطَبٌ فَقَالَ كُلُوْا مِنْ هٰذِهٖ وَاَخَذَ الْمُدْيَةَ فَقَالَ لَهٗ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اِيَّاكَ وَالْحَلُوْبَ فَذَبَحَ لَهُمْ فَاَكَلُوْا مِنَ الشَّاةِ وَمِنْ ذٰلِكَ الْعِذْقِ وَشَرِبُوْا فَلَمَّا اَنْ شَبِعُوْا وَرَوُوْا قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِاَبِيْ بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَالَّذِيْ نَفْسِيْ بِيَدِهٖ لَتُسْاَلُنَّ عَنْ هٰذِهِ النَّعِيْمِ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ اَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ بُيُوْتِكُمُ الْجُوْعُ ثُمَّ لَمْ تَرْجِعُوْا حَتّٰى اَصَابَكُمْ هٰذَا النَّعِيْمُ ۔ [reading uncertain]

(Reported by Muslim — Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ.)

Vocabulary: al-jūʿ — hunger; yastaʿdhibu lanā mina'l-māʾ — he has gone to bring sweet water for us; al-mudya — a knife; al-ḥalūb — a milk-giving [animal].

Translation: Ḥaḍrat Abū Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out one day or one night, and saw that Abū Bakr and ʿUmar were also out. He said, "What has brought the two of you out of your homes at this hour?" The two of them said, "Hunger." He said, "By the One in whose hand is my life, the very thing that brought you two out has brought me out too. Get up!" So they stood up with him. Then he came to one of the Anṣār and found that he was not at home. When (his) wife saw him, she said, "Marḥaban, ahlan wa-sahlan" (you are welcome). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "Where is so-and-so?" The woman said, "He has gone to bring sweet drinking water for us." Just then that Anṣārī also arrived. When he saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his two companions, he said, "Thanks be to God! Today no one is more honoured than I in respect of hospitality." Then he said, "Come," and brought him a bunch of dates in which there were unripe ones, ripe ones and half-ripe ones too. Then he submitted, "Please eat this," and took up a knife. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Avoid the milch [goat] (the milk-giving goat)" (that is, do not slaughter it). Then he slaughtered (a goat) for him. The three gentlemen then ate from the goat and from that bunch, and drank water; and when they had eaten their fill and quenched their thirst, the Messenger of Allah

ﷺ said to Abū Bakr and ʿUmar, "By the One in whose hand is my life, on the Day of Resurrection you will certainly be asked about this blessing. Hunger brought you out of your homes, and you did not go back until this blessing reached you (you received it)."

عَنْ اَبِيْ شُرَيْحٍ الْكَعْبِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ اَنَّ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ ضَيْفَهٗ جَائِزَتُهٗ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ وَالضِّيَافَةُ ثَلَاثَةُ اَيَّامٍ وَمَا بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ فَهُوَ صَدَقَةٌ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهٗ اَنْ يَثْوِيَ عِنْدَهٗ حَتّٰى يُحْرِجَهٗ ۔

(al-Bukhārī, Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah.)

Vocabulary: fal-yukrim ḍayfahū — let him honour his guest, show him hospitality; yawmun wa-laylatun — one day and one night; ṣadaqa — a deed of reward, a good deed.

Translation: Ḥaḍrat Abū Shurayḥ al-Kaʿbī (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that [the Prophet ﷺ] said: Whoever believes in Allah and the Day of Resurrection should honour his guest (act as his host): one day and one night. Hospitality is up to three days; whatever is after that is ṣadaqa (a deed of reward). And it is not permissible for that guest to stay with him until he puts him into difficulty.

عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُعْطِيْنِي الْعَطَاۤءَ فَاَقُوْلُ اَعْطِهٖ مَنْ هُوَ اَفْقَرُ اِلَيْهِ مِنِّيْ فَقَالَ خُذْهُ اِذَا جَاۤءَكَ مِنْ هٰذَا الْمَالِ شَيْءٌ وَاَنْتَ غَيْرُ مُشْرِفٍ وَلَا سَائِلٍ فَخُذْهُ وَمَا لَا فَلَا تُتْبِعْهُ نَفْسَكَ ۔

(al-Bukhārī — al-Tajrīd.)

Translation: Ḥaḍrat ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to give me gifts, and I would submit, "Give it to the one who is in greater need than I." Then he said: Whatever comes to you of this kind of wealth, take it, provided you are neither hoping for it nor asking for it; and whatever is not like that, let your gaze not run after it, nor let your heart be set on it.

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَسْاَلُ النَّاسَ حَتّٰى يَاْتِيَ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ لَيْسَ فِيْ وَجْهِهٖ مُضْغَةُ لَحْمٍ ۔ [reading uncertain]

(al-Bukhārī — al-Tajrīd.)

Translation: Ḥaḍrat ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet ﷺ said: A man will go on begging from people until, on the Day of Resurrection, he will come in such a state that there will not be a single piece of flesh on his face (he will be disgraced).

(Praise be to Allah, the fourth and last part of Kitāb al-Dīn is complete.)

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ