صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الزكاةThe Book of Zakat
باب تَحْرِيمِ الزَّكَاةِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَهُمْ بَنُو هَاشِمٍ وَبَنُو الْمُطَّلِبِ دُونَ غَيْرِهِمْ:Chapter: Zakat is forbidden for the messenger of Allah pbuh and his family, and they are Banu Hashim and Banu Al-Muttalib, and no one else
Hadith 1070
حَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَيْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو ، أَنَّ أَبَا يُونُسَ مَوْلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدَّثَهُ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " إِنِّي لَأَنْقَلِبُ إِلَى أَهْلِي ، فَأَجِدُ التَّمْرَةَ سَاقِطَةً عَلَى فِرَاشِي ، ثُمَّ أَرْفَعُهَا لِآكُلَهَا ، ثُمَّ أَخْشَى أَنْ تَكُونَ صَدَقَةً ، فَأُلْقِيهَا " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: I go back to my family and I find a date lying on my bed. I then take it up to eat it, but then I throw it away fearing that it may be a Sadaqa.
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وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ بْنُ هَمَّامٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ ، قَالَ : هَذَا مَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَذَكَرَ أَحَادِيثَ مِنْهَا ، وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَنْقَلِبُ إِلَى أَهْلِي ، فَأَجِدُ التَّمْرَةَ سَاقِطَةً عَلَى فِرَاشِي ، أَوْ فِي بَيْتِي ، فَأَرْفَعُهَا لِآكُلَهَا ، ثُمَّ أَخْشَى أَنْ تَكُونَ صَدَقَةً ، أَوْ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ فَأُلْقِيهَا " .
Out of so many ahadith which Hammam bin Munabbih narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) one is this that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I go back to my family and I find a date lying on my bed or in my house, and I take it up to eat it, but then I throw it away fearing that it may be a Sadaqa or from Sadaqa.
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Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
It is understood from this that if a trivial thing is found on the road or in the house, it is permissible to eat it.
It is not necessary to search for the owner of such an item or to make an announcement regarding it.
The reason why the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) refrained from eating such a date was not because the rulings of luqatah (lost property) apply to it, but rather because it might have been charity, and charity was forbidden for him.
(2)
When Maymunah (radi Allahu anha) saw a fallen date, she picked it up and ate it, and said:
“Allah does not like corruption.”
(al-Musannaf by ‘Abd al-Razzaq: 144/10)
Under this hadith, Hafiz Ibn Hajar (rahimahullah) writes that if Maymunah (radi Allahu anha) had ignored it and no one else had picked it up, it would have remained there and become spoiled.
Thus, to spoil something without reason is not liked by Allah, which is why she picked up the date and ate it.
(Fath al-Bari: 107/5)
It is mentioned in al-Musannaf ‘Abd al-Razzaq that Ali (radi Allahu anhu) found a pomegranate lying on the road, so he picked it up and ate it.
(al-Musannaf by ‘Abd al-Razzaq: 143/10)
Similarly, Ibn ‘Umar (radi Allahu anhu) saw a fallen date, split it into two parts, ate one himself, and gave the other part to a poor person.
(al-Musannaf by Ibn Abi Shaybah: 416/4)
(1)
It is understood from this that if a trivial thing is found on the road or in the house, it is permissible to eat it.
It is not necessary to search for the owner of such an item or to make an announcement regarding it.
The reason why the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) refrained from eating such a date was not because the rulings of luqatah (lost property) apply to it, but rather because it might have been charity, and charity was forbidden for him.
(2)
When Maymunah (radi Allahu anha) saw a fallen date, she picked it up and ate it, and said:
“Allah does not like corruption.”
(al-Musannaf by ‘Abd al-Razzaq: 144/10)
Under this hadith, Hafiz Ibn Hajar (rahimahullah) writes that if Maymunah (radi Allahu anha) had ignored it and no one else had picked it up, it would have remained there and become spoiled.
Thus, to spoil something without reason is not liked by Allah, which is why she picked up the date and ate it.
(Fath al-Bari: 107/5)
It is mentioned in al-Musannaf ‘Abd al-Razzaq that Ali (radi Allahu anhu) found a pomegranate lying on the road, so he picked it up and ate it.
(al-Musannaf by ‘Abd al-Razzaq: 143/10)
Similarly, Ibn ‘Umar (radi Allahu anhu) saw a fallen date, split it into two parts, ate one himself, and gave the other part to a poor person.
(al-Musannaf by Ibn Abi Shaybah: 416/4)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 2432
