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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الزكاةBook of Zakat
بَابُ الْحَثِّ عَلَيْهَا وَفَضْلِهَاChapter: Encouragement for It and Its Virtue
Hadith 3578
اُردوEn
(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) قَالَ: كَانَ مَرْثَدُ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لَا يَجِيءُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ إِلَّا وَمَعَهُ شَيْءٌ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ، قَالَ: فَجَاءَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَمَعَهُ بَصَلَةٌ؟ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَبَا الْخَيْرِ مَا تُرِيدُ إِلَى هَذَا يُنْتِنُ عَلَيْكَ ثَوْبَكَ؟ قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي! إِنَّهُ وَاللَّهِ! مَا كَانَ فِي مَنْزِلِي شَيْءٌ أَتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ غَيْرَهُ، إِنَّهُ حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ((ظِلُّ الْمُؤْمِنِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ صَدَقَتُهُ))
. (Second chain) Yazid says: Whenever Mirthad bin Abdullah would come to the mosque, he would have something with him to give in charity. One day when he came, he had an onion with him. I said: Abu al-Khair! What will you do with this? It will make your clothes smell bad. He said: Nephew! By Allah, today there was nothing else in my house to give in charity except this. A companion narrated to me that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: On the Day of Resurrection, a believer’s charity will provide him shade.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … Just as every person has needs and the demands of family and dependents, in the same way, charity and almsgiving (sadaqah wa khayrat) are a necessity and requirement of our lives. However, it is an established fact that people have come to consider being happy with their children and fulfilling every kind of desire of their wives and children as the sole purpose of life. In our society, this alone is regarded as the sign of happiness and good fortune, while there is no one to care for the helpless and those afflicted with poverty and hunger.
