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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الإجارةWages (Kitab Al-Ijarah)
باب فِي الْهَدِيَّةِ لِقَضَاءِ الْحَاجَةِChapter: A Gift (Al-Hadiyyah) For Helping Someone.
Hadith 3541
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ ، عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " مَنْ شَفَعَ لِأَخِيهِ بِشَفَاعَةٍ فَأَهْدَى لَهُ هَدِيَّةً عَلَيْهَا فَقَبِلَهَا ، فَقَدْ أَتَى بَابًا عَظِيمًا مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الرِّبَا " .
Narrated Abu Umamah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone intercedes for his brother and he presents a gift to him for it and he accepts it, he approaches a great door of the doors of usury.
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Brief Explanation
1؎: Because making a good recommendation on someone’s behalf is a commendable and desirable act, and at times, recommendation becomes necessary and obligatory. In such a case, accepting compensation for it is akin to wasting a praiseworthy act, just as something lawful is wasted through usury.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Benefit: To intercede regarding the legitimate right of a Muslim brother or to assist one another in correct matters is an Islamic legal right.
There is great reward for this in the sight of Allah.
There is no meaning in accepting a gift for such an act.
Rather, in this way, all the reward and merit is lost.
This is tantamount to opening the door to bribery.
Benefit: To intercede regarding the legitimate right of a Muslim brother or to assist one another in correct matters is an Islamic legal right.
There is great reward for this in the sight of Allah.
There is no meaning in accepting a gift for such an act.
Rather, in this way, all the reward and merit is lost.
This is tantamount to opening the door to bribery.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3541
