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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب البيوع والكسب والمعاش وما يتعلق بالتجارةBook of Sales, Earnings, Livelihood, and Matters Related to Trade
بَابُ أَفْضَلِ الْكَسَبِ الْبَيْعُ وَ عَمَلُ الرَّجُلِ بِيَدِهِ وَ مِنْهُ كَسْبُ وَلَدِهِChapter: The best earning is trade and a man’s work with his own hands, including the earnings of his children
Hadith 5734
اُردوEn
عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ أَتَى أَعْرَابِيٌّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَجْتَاحَ مَالِي قَالَ أَنْتَ وَمَالُكَ لِوَالِدِكَ إِنَّ أَطْيَبَ مَا أَكَلْتُمْ مِنْ كَسْبِكُمْ وَإِنَّ أَمْوَالَ أَوْلَادِكُمْ مِنْ كَسْبِكُمْ فَكُلُوهُ هَنِيئًا
Narrated by Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both): A Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: My father wants to consume my wealth. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You and your wealth belong to your father. The best thing is that which you eat from your own earnings, and your children are from your earnings, so let him eat from it with pleasure.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … From the last three hadiths, it is understood that parents have the right to eat from the earnings of their children, but this ruling is not absolute; pay attention to the following discussion:
Sayyidah Aisha radi Allahu anha narrates that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: “Indeed, your children are a gift from Allah to you, {یَھَبُ لِمَن یَّشَائُ إِنَاثاً وَیَھَبُ لِمَن یَّشَائُ الذُّکُور} (Ash-Shura: 49) so they and their wealth are for you, whenever you are in need of it.”
(Mustadrak Hakim: 2/284, Bayhaqi: 7/480, Sahihah: 2564)
This hadith is evidence that children should fulfill the needs of their parents. However, it should be kept in mind that if the parents’ intention is merely to seize their son’s wealth or to destroy it—which does have examples—then he may withhold his wealth. But even in such circumstances, the child cannot take retaliatory action against the parents, and it remains necessary to still take care of their needs.
Imam al-Albani rahimahullah writes: “There is a significant juristic benefit in this hadith, that parents may take from the wealth of their children when they are in need. From this statement of the Messenger, it is understood that the following hadith does not remain in its absolute sense: ((You and your wealth belong to your father.)) …” (Irwa’ al-Ghalil: 838)
The meaning of this hadith is not that the father may dispose of his child’s wealth however and whenever he wishes, but rather, he is permitted to take from it to the extent of his need and necessity. (As-Sahihah: 2564)
Sayyidah Aisha radi Allahu anha narrates that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: “Indeed, your children are a gift from Allah to you, {یَھَبُ لِمَن یَّشَائُ إِنَاثاً وَیَھَبُ لِمَن یَّشَائُ الذُّکُور} (Ash-Shura: 49) so they and their wealth are for you, whenever you are in need of it.”
(Mustadrak Hakim: 2/284, Bayhaqi: 7/480, Sahihah: 2564)
This hadith is evidence that children should fulfill the needs of their parents. However, it should be kept in mind that if the parents’ intention is merely to seize their son’s wealth or to destroy it—which does have examples—then he may withhold his wealth. But even in such circumstances, the child cannot take retaliatory action against the parents, and it remains necessary to still take care of their needs.
Imam al-Albani rahimahullah writes: “There is a significant juristic benefit in this hadith, that parents may take from the wealth of their children when they are in need. From this statement of the Messenger, it is understood that the following hadith does not remain in its absolute sense: ((You and your wealth belong to your father.)) …” (Irwa’ al-Ghalil: 838)
The meaning of this hadith is not that the father may dispose of his child’s wealth however and whenever he wishes, but rather, he is permitted to take from it to the extent of his need and necessity. (As-Sahihah: 2564)
