سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الترجلCombing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الاِنْتِفَاعِ بِالْعَاجِChapter: Using Ivory.
Hadith 4213
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُحَادَةَ ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الشَّامِيِّ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمُنَبِّهِيِّ ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا سَافَرَ كَانَ آخِرُ عَهْدِهِ بِإِنْسَانٍ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ فَاطِمَةَ ، وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا إِذَا قَدِمَ فَاطِمَةَ ، فَقَدِمَ مِنْ غَزَاةٍ لَهُ وَقَدْ عَلَّقَتْ مِسْحًا أَوْ سِتْرًا عَلَى بَابِهَا وَحَلَّتِ الْحَسَنَ ، وَالْحُسَيْنَ قُلْبَيْنِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ فَقَدِمَ فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ فَظَنَّتْ أَنَّ مَا مَنَعَهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ مَا رَأَى ، فَهَتَكَتِ السِّتْرَ وَفَكَّكَتِ الْقُلْبَيْنِ عَنِ الصَّبِيَّيْنِ وَقَطَّعَتْهُ بَيْنَهُمَا ، فَانْطَلَقَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُمَا يَبْكِيَانِ ، فَأَخَذَهُ مِنْهُمَا ، وَقَالَ : يَا ثَوْبَانُ اذْهَبْ بِهَذَا إِلَى آلِ فُلَانٍ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَأْكُلُوا طَيِّبَاتِهِمْ فِي حَيَاتِهِمُ الدُّنْيَا يَا ثَوْبَانُ اشْتَرِ لِفَاطِمَةَ قِلَادَةً مِنْ عَصَبٍ وَسِوَارَيْنِ مِنْ عَاجٍ " .
Narrated Thawban: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went on a journey, the last member of his family he saw was Fatimah, and the first he visited on his return was Fatimah. Once when he returned from an expedition she had hung up a hair-cloth, or a curtain, at her door, and adorned al-Hasan and al-Husayn with silver bracelets. So when he arrived, he did not enter. Thinking that he had been prevented from entering by what he had seen, she tore down the curtain, unfastened the bracelets from the boys and cut them off. They went weeping to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and when he had taken them from them, he said: Take this to so and so's family. Thawban. In Madina, these are my family, and I did not like them to enjoy their good things in the present life. Buy Fatimah a necklace or asb, Thawban, and two ivory bracelets.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
This narration regarding the elephant is weak in its chain, however, regarding the teeth, it is authentically reported in Sahih al-Bukhari from Imam al-Zuhri rahimahullah: Concerning the teeth of the elephant and the bones of other dead animals, I found that many scholars among the Salaf would use combs made from elephant tusk and would pour oil into vessels made from them, and they did not see any harm in this.
Ibn Sirin and Ibrahim al-Nakha’i said that there is no harm in trading in elephant tusk.
This narration regarding the elephant is weak in its chain, however, regarding the teeth, it is authentically reported in Sahih al-Bukhari from Imam al-Zuhri rahimahullah: Concerning the teeth of the elephant and the bones of other dead animals, I found that many scholars among the Salaf would use combs made from elephant tusk and would pour oil into vessels made from them, and they did not see any harm in this.
Ibn Sirin and Ibrahim al-Nakha’i said that there is no harm in trading in elephant tusk.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4213
