سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الزكاةZakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)
باب مَنْ يُعْطَى مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ وَحَدِّ الْغِنَىChapter: To Whom Zakat Is To Be Paid And The Definition Of A Wealthy Person.
Hadith 1629
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا مِسْكِينٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُهَاجِرِ ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ، عَنْ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ السَّلُولِيِّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ ابْنُ الْحَنْظَلِيَّةِ ، قَالَ : قَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عُيَيْنَةُ بْنُ حِصْنٍ وَ الْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ فَسَأَلَاهُ ، فَأَمَرَ لَهُمَا بِمَا سَأَلَا ، وَأَمَرَ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَكَتَبَ لَهُمَا بِمَا سَأَلَا ، فَأَمَّا الْأَقْرَعُ فَأَخَذَ كِتَابَهُ فَلَفَّهُ فِي عِمَامَتِهِ وَانْطَلَقَ ، وَأَمَّا عُيَيْنَةُ فَأَخَذَ كِتَابَهُ وَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَكَانَهُ ، فَقَالَ : يَا مُحَمَّدُ ، أَتُرَانِي حَامِلًا إِلَى قَوْمِي كِتَابًا لَا أَدْرِي مَا فِيهِ كَصَحِيفَةِ الْمُتَلَمِّسِ ؟ فَأَخْبَرَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بِقَوْلِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ سَأَلَ وَعِنْدَهُ مَا يُغْنِيهِ فَإِنَّمَا يَسْتَكْثِرُ مِنَ النَّارِ " ، وَقَالَ النُّفَيْلِيُّ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ : مِنْ جَمْرِ جَهَنَّمَ ، فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، وَمَا يُغْنِيهِ ؟ وَقَالَ النُّفَيْلِيُّ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ : وَمَا الْغِنَى الَّذِي لَا تَنْبَغِي مَعَهُ الْمَسْأَلَةُ ، قَالَ : " قَدْرُ مَا يُغَدِّيهِ وَيُعَشِّيهِ " ، وَقَالَ النُّفَيْلِيُّ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ : " أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ شِبْعُ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ أَوْ لَيْلَةٍ وَيَوْمٍ " ، وَكَانَ حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ مُخْتَصَرًا عَلَى هَذِهِ الْأَلْفَاظِ الَّتِي ذَكَرْتُ .
Narrated Sahl ibn Hanzaliyyah: Uyaynah ibn Hisn and Aqra ibn Habis came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They begged from him. He commanded to give them what they begged. He ordered Muawiyah to write a document to give what they begged. Aqra took his document, wrapped it in his turban, and went away. As for Uyaynah, he took his document and came to the Prophet ﷺ at his home, and said to him: Muhammad, do you see me? I am taking a document to my people, but I do not know what it contains, just like the document of al-Mutalammis. Muawiyah informed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of his statement. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He who begs (from people) when he has sufficient is simply asking for a large amount of Hell-fire. (An-Nufayl (a transmitter) said elsewhere: "embers of Hell". ) They asked: Messenger of Allah, what is a sufficiency? (Elsewhere an-Nufayl said: What is a sufficiency which makes begging unfitting?) He replied: It is that which would provide a morning and an evening meal. (Elsewhere an-Nufayl said: It is when one has enough for a day and night, or for a night and a day. ) He (an-Nufayl) narrated to us this tradition briefly in the words that I have mentioned.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1629. Commentary: (Multamis) (the first meem is with dammah and the second, which is mushaddad, is with kasrah) — the story is that there was a poet who had satirized King Amr ibn Hind. Consequently, the king wrote him a letter, instructing him to go to a certain governor, who would give him some gifts, etc. However, in that letter, he had actually written an order for the bearer of the letter to be killed. The poet became somewhat suspicious, so he opened and read the letter. When he learned of its contents, he tore up the letter and saved his life. The Arabs refer to this incident as (Sahifat al-Multamis) and mention it as a proverb.
➋ Some people attribute to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) the knowledge of all that has happened and all that will happen (ʿalim ma kana wa ma yakun), which in no way constitutes praise of him (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). Because in this incident, it is mentioned that Muawiyah (radi Allahu anhu) explained the aforementioned story in the presence of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). It is thus evident that he was not the knower of the unseen (ʿalim al-ghayb).
➌ Addressing the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) by saying (Ya Muhammad) is extremely disrespectful. Since ʿUyaynah ibn Hisn (radi Allahu anhu) was newly entered into Islam and was not acquainted with the etiquettes of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), he addressed him in a Bedouin manner.
➍ Asking unnecessary and real questions is, from the perspective of religion and nobility, a very grave flaw, and on the Day of Resurrection, it is like gathering coals for oneself.
➋ Some people attribute to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) the knowledge of all that has happened and all that will happen (ʿalim ma kana wa ma yakun), which in no way constitutes praise of him (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). Because in this incident, it is mentioned that Muawiyah (radi Allahu anhu) explained the aforementioned story in the presence of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). It is thus evident that he was not the knower of the unseen (ʿalim al-ghayb).
➌ Addressing the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) by saying (Ya Muhammad) is extremely disrespectful. Since ʿUyaynah ibn Hisn (radi Allahu anhu) was newly entered into Islam and was not acquainted with the etiquettes of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), he addressed him in a Bedouin manner.
➍ Asking unnecessary and real questions is, from the perspective of religion and nobility, a very grave flaw, and on the Day of Resurrection, it is like gathering coals for oneself.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1629
