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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الزكاةBook of Zakat
بَابُ الْبِرِّ بِالسَّائِلِ وَتَحْسِينِ الظَّنِّ بِهِ وَإِعْطَائِهِ وَإِنْ جَاءَ عَلَى فَرَسٍChapter: Kindness to the Beggar, Thinking Well of Him, and Giving to Him Even If He Comes on a Horse
Hadith 3546
اُردوEn
عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ بُجَيْدٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ بُجَيْدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْتِينَا فِي بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ فَأَتَّخِذُ لَهُ سَوِيقَةً فِي قَعْبَةٍ لِي فَإِذَا جَاءَ سَقَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! إِنَّهُ يَأْتِينِي السَّائِلُ فَأَتَزَهَّدُ لَهُ بَعْضَ مَا عِنْدِي، (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ فَلَا أَجِدُ فِي بَيْتِي مَا أَرْفَعُ فِي يَدِهِ) فَقَالَ: ((ضَعِي فِي يَدِ الْمِسْكِينِ وَلَوْ ظِلْفًا مُحْرَقًا))
Sayyida Umm Bujayd (may Allah be pleased with her) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to come to us in the tribe of Banu Amr bin Awf, and I used to prepare sattu (barley porridge) for him in a wooden bowl. When he would come, I would serve it to him. (One day) I said: O Messenger of Allah! Sometimes a beggar comes to me and I do not give him anything because I consider what I have to be very insignificant. In another narration: I do not have anything to give him. (In such a situation, what should I do)? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You should put something in the hand of the needy person, even if it is a burnt hoof.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The purpose of the last sentence is that if a person possesses things of extremely little value, he should try to fulfill the request of the needy with those very things.
