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سنن ترمذي
Tirmidhi
كتاب تفسير القرآن عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
Chapters on Tafsir
باب وَمِنْ سُورَةِ الْحَشْرِ
Chapter: Explanation of Some Verses from Surah Al-Hashr
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3304 — Explanation of Some Verses from Surah Al-Hashr
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ بَاتَ بِهِ ضَيْفٌ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا قُوتُهُ وَقُوتُ صِبْيَانِهِ ، فَقَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ : نَوِّمِي الصِّبْيَةَ ، وَأَطْفِئِي السِّرَاجَ ، وَقَرِّبِي لِلضَّيْفِ مَا عِنْدَكِ ، فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ : وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌ سورة الحشر آية 9 " . هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
´Abu Hurairah narrated:` That a man from the Ansar had a guest spend the night with him, but he did not have anything to eat but his meal and the meal for his children, so he said to his wife: ‘Put the children to sleep, extinguish the torches, and give me whatever you have with you for the guest.’ So this Ayah was revealed: And they give preference over themselves even though they were in need of that.”
Brief Explanation
1؎: This Ansari person was Abu Talhah radi Allahu anhu, as is explicitly mentioned in Sahih Muslim. In this incident, it is also stated that both husband and wife, in the darkness, placed the dish in front of themselves and pretended to eat so that the guest would assume they too were eating. This was the wisdom behind extinguishing the lamp.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
➊:
Despite being themselves in need and destitute, they give preference to others over themselves (al-Hashr: 9)
➋:
This Ansari individual was Abu Talhah radi Allahu anhu, as is explicitly mentioned in Sahih Muslim . In this incident, it is also mentioned that both husband and wife, in the darkness, placed the dish in front of themselves and pretended to eat so that the guest would think they too were eating. This was the wisdom behind extinguishing the lamp.
➊:
Despite being themselves in need and destitute, they give preference to others over themselves (al-Hashr: 9)
➋:
This Ansari individual was Abu Talhah radi Allahu anhu, as is explicitly mentioned in Sahih Muslim . In this incident, it is also mentioned that both husband and wife, in the darkness, placed the dish in front of themselves and pretended to eat so that the guest would think they too were eating. This was the wisdom behind extinguishing the lamp.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3304
