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Riyad-us-Saliheen

Chapter 58: About Giving Generously out of Reliance on Allah

Chapter Introduction

٥٨ ـ - باب فى الكرم والجود والإِنَّْفاق ثقة باللَّهُ )

Translation: Allah said:

الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمُسُورَةُ سَبَإٍ (34:39)
قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُ ۚ وَمَا أَنفَقْتُم مِّن شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُ ۖ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ
( سُورَةُ سَبَإٍ (34:39) )

Translation: “ Say: " Truly, my Lord enlarges the provision for whom He wills of His servants, and (also) restricts (it) for him, and whatsoever you spend of anything (in Allah's Cause), He will replace it. And He is the Best of providers. " (34: 39) And

الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمُسُورَةُ البَقَرَةِ (2:273)
لِلْفُقَرَاءِ الَّذِينَ أُحْصِرُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ضَرْبًا فِي الْأَرْضِ يَحْسَبُهُمُ الْجَاهِلُ أَغْنِيَاءَ مِنَ التَّعَفُّفِ تَعْرِفُهُم بِسِيمَاهُمْ لَا يَسْأَلُونَ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا ۗ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ بِهِ عَلِيمٌ
( سُورَةُ البَقَرَةِ (2:273) )

Translation: " (Charity is) for the poor, who in Allah's Cause are restricted (from travel), and cannot move about in the land (for trade or work). The one who knows them not, thinks that they are rich because of their modesty. You may know them by their mark, they do not beg of people at all. And whatever you spend in good, surely Allah knows it well. * " (2: 273)

٢٤٣- عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ النَّبِيََََُُِِّّّّّّّّ : أَيٌُّّكُمْ مَالُ وَارِثِهِ أَحَبَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ مالِهِ . قالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهُ ) . ، ما مِنَا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا مَالُهُ أَحَبَ إِلَيْهِ ، قَالَ : ( فَإِنََََّّّّْ مَالَهُ ما قدم ، ومال وارثه ما أُخْرَ ) . رواه البخاري

Translation: From the sayings of the Messenger of Allah:

Hadith 243: Hadith 243

243. Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'oud: ' The Prophet said: " Who among you considers the wealth of his heirs dearer to him than his own wealth? " They replied: " O Allah's Messenger! There is none among us but loves his wealth more. " The Prophet said: " So his wealth is whatever he spends (in Allah's Cause) during his life (on good deeds) while the wealth of his heirs is whatever he leaves after his death. " (Bukhari)

Hadith 244: Hadith 244

٢٤٤- حديث أبي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي اللَّهِ عنه ، أَنَّّ النَّبِيََََُُِِّّّّّّّّ ، قَالَ : : مَا مِنْ يَوْمٍ يُصْبِحُ الْعِبَادِ فِيهِ إِلَّا مَلَكَانَ يَنْزِلَاَنِ ، فَيَقُولُ أَحَدُهُمَا : اللَّهُمْ أَعْط مُنْفَقًا خَلَفًا وَيَقُوَلَالآخَرُ : اللَّهُم أعْط مُمْسكًا تَلَفًا أخرجه البخاري

Translation: 244. Narrated Abu-Huraira: ' The Prophet said: " Every day two angels come down from Heaven and one of them prays: “ O Allah! Compensate every person who spends in Your Cause. " The other (angel) prays: " O Allah! Spoil the properties of every miser. " (Bukhari)

Hadith 245: Hadith 245

٢٤٥ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ عَمْرُو رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا : أَنََّّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهُ ) . صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَيٌُِّّّ الإِسْلامِ خَيْرٌ قَالَ : : تُطْعِمُ الطَّعَامَ ، وَتَقْرَأ السّلامَ عَلَى مَنْ عَرَفْتَ وَمَنْ لَمْ تعرف . رواه البخاري

Translation: 245. Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr may Allah be pleased with them ' A man asked the Prophet: " Whose Islam is good or what sort of deeds (or what qualities) of Islam are the best? " The Prophet said: " To feed (others) and to greet those whom you know and those whom you do not know. " " (Bukhari)

Hadith 246: Hadith 246

٢٤٦ - عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْن عَمْرُو رَضيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُوَلَالله : ( أَرْبَعُونَ خَصْلَةً ، أَعْلَاهُنَّ مِنْيحَةُ الْعَتْزِ ، مَا مِنْ عَامِلٍ يَعَمٍّلُ بِخَصْلَةٍ مِنْهَا : رَجَاءَ ثَوَابِها ، وتصديق مَوْعُودِهَا إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ ) . بِهَا الجُنَّةٌ ) . رواه البخاري

Translation: 246. Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with them: Allah's Messenger ﷺ said: “ There are forty good qualities (virtuous deeds) and the best of them is the Madina of a nanny goat, and anyone who does one of these virtuous deeds hoping for Allah's Reward, with firm confidence that he will get it, then Allah will make him enter Paradise because of it. " (Bukhari)

Hadith 247: Hadith 247

٢٤٧ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَادَةُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ خَبَّابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الطَّائِي أَبِي الْبَخْتَرِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو كَبْشَةَ الأَنْمَارِيُّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ ثَلاثَةٌ أُقْسِمُ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَأُحَدِّتُكُمْ حَدِيثًا فَاحْفَظُوهُ قَالَ مَا نَقص مَالُ عَبْدِ مِنْ صَدَقَة وَلا ظُلِمَ عَبْدٌ مَظْلَمَةً فَصَبَرَ عَلَيْهَا إِلا زَادَهُ اللهُ عِزَّا ولا فَتَحَ عَبْدٌ بَابَ مَسْأَلَة إِلا فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بَابَ فَقْرِ أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا وَأُحَدَّتُكُمْ حَدِيثًا فَاحْفَظُوهُ قَالَ إِنَََََّّّّّْمَا الدُّنْيَا لَأَرْبَعَةِ نَفَرٍ عَبْدٍ رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ مَالَا وَعِلْمًا فَهُوَ يَتَّقِي فِيهِ رَبَّهُ وَيَصلُ فِيهِ رَحِمَهُ وَيَعْلَمُ لِلهِ فِيهِ حَقًّا فَهَذَا بِأَفْضَلِ الْمَنَازِل وَعَبْد رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ عِلْمًا وَلَمْ يَرْزَقُهُ مَا لا فَهُوَ صَادِقُ النِّيَّةِ يَقُولُ لَوْ أَنَّ لي مالا لَعَمِلْتُ بِعَمَلِ فُلان فَهُوَ بِنيَّته فَأَجْرُهُمَا سَوَاءٌ وَعَبْدِ رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ مَالَا وَلَمْ يَرْزَقُهُ عِلْمًا فَهُوَ يَخْبِطُ فِي مَالِهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ لَا يَتَّقِي فِيهِ رَبَّهُ وَلَا يَصِلُ فِيهِ رَحِمَهُ وَلا يَعْلَمُ الله فيه حقًّا فَهَذَا بِأخْبَث الْمَنَازِل وَعَبْد لَمْ يَرْزَقُهُ اللَّهُ مَالًا وَلَا
عِلْمًا فَهُوَ يَقُولُ لَوْ أَنََّّ لي مالا لَعَمِلْتُ فِيهِ بِعَمَلِ فَلانٍ فَهُوَ بِنِيَّتِهِ فَوِزَرْهُمَا سَوَاءٌ قَالَ : أَبو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ

Translation: 247. Narrated Sa'eed Al-Ta'e: ' Abu-Kabsha Al-Anmari told me that he heard the Messenger of Allah saying: " I swear that the following three things are true. Giving in charity does not reduce property, Allah increases the dignity of him who bears patiently when oppressed, and there is no servant who asks (begs) people while having what suffices him, except that Allah opens a gate to poverty before him (the narrator said that the Messenger of Allah said some words to this effect). And I tell you a Hadith that you should memorize. Life is for four people: a servant to whom Allah has given wealth and knowledge. He fears his Lord concerning them, treats his relatives kindly through them, knowing that Allah has rights in them. Such a person occupies the highest rank. A servant whom Allah has not given wealth, but He has given knowledge, and he has a sincere intention. He says: ' If Allah had given me wealth, I would behave in the same way, the former behaves. " He is rewarded in accordance with his intention. Hence the reward of both of them is equal. A servant whom Allah has given wealth, but He has not given knowledge, who spends of his wealth wastefully and lavishly, does not fear Allah, does not treat his relatives kindly, and he does not know that Allah has rights in that wealth. This one occupies the lowest rank. And a servant whom Allah has not given either wealth or knowledge, and he says: ' Had I been given wealth, I would have behaved in the same way as him (the latter). ' Both of them are equal in sin. " " "

Hadith 248: Hadith 248

٢٤٨- حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْخَطَّابِ زِيَادُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ وَرْدَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةُ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَت : قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَََََّّّّّْهُ لَيْسَ لِي مِنْ بَيْتِي إِلَّا مَا أَدْخَلَ عَلَى الزُّبَيْرُ أَفَأَعْطِي قَالَ نَعَمْ وَلَا تُوكِي فَيُوكَى عَلَيْكَ يَقُولُ لَا تُحْصي فَيُحْصَى عَلَيْكَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ أَبو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ هَذَا الْحَدِيث بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِي اللَّه عَنْهُمَا وَرَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ هَذَا عَنْ أَيُّوبَ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرُوا فِيهِ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بن عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ *

Translation: 248. Narrated Asma'a bint Abu-Bakr: ' I said: " O Messenger of Allah! I have nothing except what Al-Zobayer (her husband) gains. Am I permitted to give (in charity)? " He said: " Yes. And do not withhold lest it would be withheld from you. " The narrator explained the words: " And do not withhold lest it would be withheld from you, " as meaning do not think that what you give in charity decreases your possessions.