Hadith 3328
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ , حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ , حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ , عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ , عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ سَلْمَى , أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , قَالَ : " بَيْتٌ لَا تَمْرَ فِيهِ , كَالْبَيْتِ لَا طَعَامَ فِيهِ " .
´It was narrated from ‘Ubaidullah bin Abu Rafi’, from his grandmother Salma, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:` “A house in which there are no dates is like a house in which there is no food.”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Dates possess complete nutritional benefits. In their presence, even if no other food item is available, one can subsist on them.
➋ During the harvest season of a crop, it is permissible to purchase and store a food item for the needs of the entire year. The prohibited form of hoarding is when people are in need of something and a trader, instead of selling it, stores it away so that the price increases further.
➌ This contains a lesson in contentment: when dates are available, what is the need to accumulate various other items?
➊ Dates possess complete nutritional benefits. In their presence, even if no other food item is available, one can subsist on them.
➋ During the harvest season of a crop, it is permissible to purchase and store a food item for the needs of the entire year. The prohibited form of hoarding is when people are in need of something and a trader, instead of selling it, stores it away so that the price increases further.
➌ This contains a lesson in contentment: when dates are available, what is the need to accumulate various other items?
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3328
