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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الزكاةBook of Zakat
فَصْلٌ مِنْهُ فِي إِرْضَاءِ الْمُصَدِّقِSection on pleasing the collector
Hadith 3442
اُردوEn
عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ الْعَبْسِيِّ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَاسٌ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ، فَقَالُوا: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ! يَأْتِينَا نَاسٌ مِنْ مُصَدِّقِيكَ يَظْلِمُونَنَا، قَالَ: ((أَرْضُوا مُصَدِّقَكُمْ))، قَالُوا: وَإِنْ ظَلَمَ؟ قَالَ: ((أَرْضُوا مُصَدِّقَكُمْ))، قَالَ جَرِيرٌ: فَمَا صَدَرَ عَنِّي مُصَدِّقٌ مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَّا وَهُوَ عَنِّي رَاضٍ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jarir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: Some Bedouins came to the service of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Prophet of Allah! Your representatives for zakat (in the matter of collecting zakat) act unjustly towards us. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You should please them. They said: Even if they act unjustly? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Just please them. Sayyiduna Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Since I heard this hadith from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the zakat representative has always left me pleased.
قَالَ: وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((مَنْ يُحْرَمِ الرِّفْقَ يُحْرَمِ الْخَيْرَ))
The Noble Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) also said: Whoever is deprived of gentleness is deprived of (all) goodness.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … Since this hadith is also narrated with the same chain of transmission, it has been mentioned here. Gentleness has been declared beneficial for a Muslim, a guarantor of goodness and well-being in this world and the Hereafter, an adornment of righteous deeds, and a cause for entering Paradise and staying away from Hellfire. Gentleness is such an ornament that a person adorned with it becomes beloved and accepted among people, and also becomes beloved in the sight of Allah Ta‘ala. A quality like gentleness gives rise to patience (sabr), forbearance (hilm), endurance, and forgiveness and overlooking (afw wa darguzar), due to which even enemies become friends. Gentleness is the attribute of wise and intelligent people; they deal with every person in its light. Whereas a person deprived of gentleness becomes despised in the eyes of people like a defective thing, and is also disliked by Allah.
