Sayyiduna Dakin bin Sa’id Muzani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We, four hundred horsemen, came to the service of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). We asked him for food, so he (peace be upon him) said: “O ‘Umar! Go, feed them and give them gifts.” He (‘Umar) said: O Messenger of Allah! I have only a few sa’ of dates, which will suffice only for my family’s food for this season. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: You obey and submit. So Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I obey and submit. The narrator says: Then Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) went and came to his (grain room), took out the key from the place where he tied his waist-wrapper, opened its door, and said to those present: You people come inside. I was the last person to enter. I also took food from there. I noticed, and there were as many dates as the young she-camel that has been weaned from milk.
Hadith Referenceمسند الحميدي / 917
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«إسناده صحيح وأخرجه ابن حبان فى «صحيحه» برقم: 6528، وأبو داود فى «سننه» برقم: 5238، وأحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 17850، 17851، 17852، 17853، 17854، والطبراني فى "الكبير" برقم: 4207، 4208، 4209، 4210»
Benefit: In this hadith, it is mentioned that one should take care of the needs of those in need; whatever thing someone requires, that very thing should be given in charity and alms. One should make appeals and offer support in favor of the needy. If someone knows that a certain person is in need, yet does not encourage others to cooperate with him, he is committing a sinful act and is denying the religion, as Allah the Exalted says: ﴿أَرَأَيْتَالَّذِييُكَذِّبُبِالدِّينِ ➊ فَذَٰلِكَالَّذِييَدُعُّالْيَتِيمَ ➋ وَلَايَحُضُّعَلَىٰطَعَامِالْمِسْكِينِ ➌ ﴾ ( al-Ma'un: 1 to 3) "Have you seen the one who denies the Day of Recompense? That is the one who repulses the orphan, and does not encourage the feeding of the poor." From this hadith, the generosity of the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum ajma'in) is also established, and it is also proven that in the era of the Companions (radi Allahu anhum ajma'in), there were locks, and they used to keep their valuable possessions locked.
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 916
Narrated Dukayn ibn Saeed al-Muzani: We came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him for some corn. He said: Go, Umar, and give them. He ascended with us a room upstairs, took a key from his apartment and opened it.
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues: In reality, if there is a need, it is permissible to build one building above another.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5238