سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الزهدChapters on Zuhd
بَابُ : مُجَالَسَةِ الْفُقَرَاءِChapter: Keeping company with the poor
Hadith 4126
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ , وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ , قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ , عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ سِنَانٍ , عَنْ أَبِي الْمُبَارَكِ , عَنْ عَطَاءٍ , عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ , قَالَ : أَحِبُّوا الْمَسَاكِينَ , فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , يَقُولُ فِي دُعَائِهِ : " اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مِسْكِينًا , وَأَمِتْنِي مِسْكِينًا , وَاحْشُرْنِي فِي زُمْرَةِ الْمَسَاكِينِ " .
´It was narrated that Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri said:` “Love the poor, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say in his supplication: ‘O Allah, cause me to live poor and cause me to die poor, and gather me among the poor (on the Day of Resurrection).’”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The mentioned narration has been declared weak in chain (sanad) by our esteemed researcher, whereas other scholars have declared it authentic. Shaykh al-Albani has mentioned this in Irwa’ al-Ghalil: 3/358, 363, no. 861.
➋ One should treat the poor and needy with compassion, love, and respect.
➌ The poverty of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was by choice; that is, despite the abundant income from war booty (ghanimah), fay’, and khums, he lived a simple life and spent the income on good deeds for those deserving of help.
➍ A person, even if wealthy, can attain the reward of poverty if he does not harbor love for wealth in his heart, but rather spends his wealth on others and, while limiting his own needs, leads a simple life.
➊ The mentioned narration has been declared weak in chain (sanad) by our esteemed researcher, whereas other scholars have declared it authentic. Shaykh al-Albani has mentioned this in Irwa’ al-Ghalil: 3/358, 363, no. 861.
➋ One should treat the poor and needy with compassion, love, and respect.
➌ The poverty of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was by choice; that is, despite the abundant income from war booty (ghanimah), fay’, and khums, he lived a simple life and spent the income on good deeds for those deserving of help.
➍ A person, even if wealthy, can attain the reward of poverty if he does not harbor love for wealth in his heart, but rather spends his wealth on others and, while limiting his own needs, leads a simple life.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 4126
