Hadith 1650

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ الْحَكَمِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَ رَجُلًا عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ مِنْ بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ ، فَقَالَ لِأَبِي رَافِعٍ : " اصْحَبْنِي فَإِنَّكَ تُصِيبُ مِنْهَا " ، قَالَ : حَتَّى آتِيَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَسْأَلَهُ ، فَأَتَاهُ فَسَأَلَهُ ، فَقَالَ : "مَوْلَى الْقَوْمِ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَإِنَّا لَا تَحِلُّ لَنَا الصَّدَقَةُ " .
Narrated Abu Rafi: The Prophet ﷺ sent a man of the Banu Makhzum to collect sadaqah. He said to Abu Rafi: Accompany me so that you may get some of it. He said: (I cannot take it) until I go to the Prophet ﷺ and ask him. Then he went to him and asked him. He said: The sadaqah is not lawful for us, and the client of a people is treated as one of them.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / كتاب الزكاة / 1650
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: صحيح, مشكوة المصابيح (1829), صححه ابن خزيمة (2344 وسنده صحيح) وللحديث شواھد عند البخاري (6761) ومسلم (1069)
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1650. English Commentary:
➊ Charity (sadaqah) is not lawful for the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and his family. This includes Banu Hashim and Banu Muttalib. He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) also included his freed slaves (mawali) in this ruling. He did not even permit them to take up employment in which wealth from charity (sadaqah) is received, even if it is indirectly.
➋ The noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum ajma'in) were extremely sensitive regarding matters of lawful and unlawful. Abu Rafi' (radi Allahu anhu) did not wish to become a collector of charity (sadaqah) without first seeking permission from the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1650
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Lexical Explanation 525:
بَعَثَ رَجُلًا — "He sent a man": Here, the man referred to is Hazrat Arqam radi Allahu anhu.
تُصِیبُ مِنھَا — "You take from it": That is, to take compensation and wages from the acquired charity. From this hadith, it is understood that zakat is also forbidden for the freed slaves of Banu Hashim.

Benefit 525:
This hadith establishes that for the person for whom it is forbidden to take zakat, it is likewise forbidden for his slave. Since Hazrat Abu Rafi’ radi Allahu anhu was a slave of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, it was also forbidden for him to take zakat.

Narrator of the Hadith:
Hazrat Abu Rafi’ radi Allahu anhu — There are different opinions regarding his name; it is said his name was Aslam, or Harmuz, or Thabit, or Ibrahim. He was a Copt. He was originally a slave of Hazrat Abbas radi Allahu anhu, who gifted him to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. He accepted Islam before the Battle of Badr but did not participate in it; he participated in Uhud and the subsequent battles. When Hazrat Abbas radi Allahu anhu accepted Islam, the glad tidings of his acceptance of Islam were conveyed to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam by Abu Rafi’ radi Allahu anhu. At that moment, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam set him free. He passed away in Madinah at the beginning of the caliphate of Hazrat Ali radi Allahu anhu in 36 AH.
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 525