سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الإجارةWages (Kitab Al-Ijarah)
باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ مَالِ وَلَدِهِChapter: A Man Taking From His Son’s Wealth.
Hadith 3530
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : " يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ لِي مَالًا وَوَلَدًا وَإِنَّ وَالِدِي يَحْتَاجُ مَالِي ، قَالَ : أَنْتَ وَمَالُكَ لِوَالِدِكَ ، إِنَّ أَوْلَادَكُمْ مِنْ أَطْيَبِ كَسْبِكُمْ ، فَكُلُوا مِنْ كَسْبِ أَوْلَادِكُمْ " .
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, I have property and children, and my father finishes my property. He replied; You and your property belong to your father; your children come from the pleasantest of what you earn; so enjoy from the earning of your children.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Benefit:
Islamic teachings strongly advocate for making the family unit extremely strong.
It is obligatory upon children to support their parents,
and they should consider this their good fortune.
And parents also have the right, without any permission, to fulfill their essential needs from the earnings of their children.
However, it is evident that in this matter, there should be neither excess nor negligence from either side.
It is absolutely incorrect to derive from this hadith
that the son's wealth entirely belongs to the father.
Rather, it is permissible only to the extent that he may take what is necessary for his essential needs.
In Allah’s Shari’ah, the ownership and disposal (tasarruf) of both are separate and distinct.
It is on this basis that inheritance is established between them.
If there were no difference in ownership and disposal, then inheritance would have no meaning.
The purpose of the hadith is to obtain the fulfillment of basic essential needs,
not to spend the earnings of the children recklessly and ruin them.
And Allah knows best.
Furthermore, these earnings will be lawful (halal) only when the source of the children’s earnings is lawful (halal) and pure (tayyib).
Benefit:
Islamic teachings strongly advocate for making the family unit extremely strong.
It is obligatory upon children to support their parents,
and they should consider this their good fortune.
And parents also have the right, without any permission, to fulfill their essential needs from the earnings of their children.
However, it is evident that in this matter, there should be neither excess nor negligence from either side.
It is absolutely incorrect to derive from this hadith
that the son's wealth entirely belongs to the father.
Rather, it is permissible only to the extent that he may take what is necessary for his essential needs.
In Allah’s Shari’ah, the ownership and disposal (tasarruf) of both are separate and distinct.
It is on this basis that inheritance is established between them.
If there were no difference in ownership and disposal, then inheritance would have no meaning.
The purpose of the hadith is to obtain the fulfillment of basic essential needs,
not to spend the earnings of the children recklessly and ruin them.
And Allah knows best.
Furthermore, these earnings will be lawful (halal) only when the source of the children’s earnings is lawful (halal) and pure (tayyib).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3530
