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مسند الحميدي
Musnad Humaydi
Hadiths of Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)
Instruction to give salary as charity and accept wealth
Hadith 21
اُردوEn
21 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ وَغَيْرِهِ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ حُوَيْطِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّي، عَنِ ابْنِ السَّعْدِيِّ، أَنَّهُ قَدِمَ عَلَي عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ مِنَ الشَّامِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: أَلَمْ أُخْبَرْ أَنَّكَ تَلِي أَعْمَالًا مِنْ أَعْمَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَتُعْطَي عُمَالَتَكَ فَلَا تَقْبَلُ، فَقُلْتُ: أَجَلْ إِنَّ لِي أَفْرَاسًا أَوْ لِي أَعْبُدًا وَأَنَا بِخَيْرٍ، وَأُرِيدُ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَمَلِي صَدَقَةً عَلَي الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: فَلَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَرَدْتُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي أَرَدْتَ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُعْطِينِي الْعَطَاءَ فَأَقُولُ: أَعْطِهِ مَنْ هُوَ أَحْوَجُ مِنِّي، وَإِنَّهُ أَعْطَانِي مَرَّةً مَالًا فَقُلْتُ: أَعْطِهِ مَنْ هُوَ أَحْوَجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنِّي فَقَالَ: «يَا عُمَرُ مَا أَتَاكَ اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَالِ عَنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ وَلَا إِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ فَخُذْهُ، فَتَمَوَّلْهُ وَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ، وَمَا لَا فَلَا تُتْبِعْهُ نَفْسَكَ»
Ibn Sa'di narrates: He came from "Syria" to the service of Sayyiduna Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), so Sayyiduna Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: I have come to know that you have been performing some official duties, and when you were given a salary, you did not accept it? I replied: Yes, I have horses. (The narrator is unsure, perhaps these are the words) "I have slaves and I am in good condition." So I wish that my salary be given as charity for the Muslims. Sayyiduna Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do not do so, because I once had the same intention as you have now. Whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would give me something, I would request him to give it to someone who needed it more than I did. Once, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) gave me wealth, so I said: Please give it to someone who needs it more than I do. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "O Umar! Whatever wealth Allah gives you without you asking for it and without you showing interest in it, take it, and increase your wealth with it, give it in charity, and do not pursue the wealth that is not given to you in this way."
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
This hadith establishes the permissibility of receiving wages for employment in religious matters.
A person should not be greedy such that he covets people’s wealth, constantly asking them at every opportunity, and always demanding an increase in his salary.
Through such behavior, a person falls from people’s eyes and loses his own status, because the sustenance that is decreed in one’s destiny will neither be increased nor decreased.
May Allah protect us from greedy gazes, ameen.
On the other hand, the condition of some people is that of self-sufficiency (ghina); even if one wishes to give them, they refuse to accept. This situation is also questionable; rather, if someone gives without being asked, it should be accepted. When a person possesses abundant wealth, he will spend on others.
If Allah grants abundance in sustenance, then one should spend money in the propagation and dissemination of the religion, just as the reviver of the age, Allamah Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan rahimahullah, did, and even in our times, some people are doing so. May Allah reward them with goodness.
This hadith establishes the permissibility of receiving wages for employment in religious matters.
A person should not be greedy such that he covets people’s wealth, constantly asking them at every opportunity, and always demanding an increase in his salary.
Through such behavior, a person falls from people’s eyes and loses his own status, because the sustenance that is decreed in one’s destiny will neither be increased nor decreased.
May Allah protect us from greedy gazes, ameen.
On the other hand, the condition of some people is that of self-sufficiency (ghina); even if one wishes to give them, they refuse to accept. This situation is also questionable; rather, if someone gives without being asked, it should be accepted. When a person possesses abundant wealth, he will spend on others.
If Allah grants abundance in sustenance, then one should spend money in the propagation and dissemination of the religion, just as the reviver of the age, Allamah Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan rahimahullah, did, and even in our times, some people are doing so. May Allah reward them with goodness.
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 21
