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Sunan Abi Dawud 1647 (Book 9, Hadith 92) #21939
Accepting Rewards for Good Deeds

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the importance of accepting rewards for good deeds and using it for one's own purpose or as charity.

Ibn al-Saidi said : Umar employed me to collect the sadaqah. When I finished doing so and gave it to him, he ordered payment to be given to me. I said: I did only for Allah’s sake, and my reward will come from Allah. He said: Take what you are given, for I acted (as a collector) during the time of the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) and he assigned me a payment. Thereupon, I said the same kind of thing as you have said, to which Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) said: When you are given something without asking for it, you should use it for your own purpose and as sadaqah.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَشَجِّ، عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ السَّاعِدِيِّ، قَالَ اسْتَعْمَلَنِي عُمَرُ - رضى الله عنه - عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغْتُ مِنْهَا وَأَدَّيْتُهَا إِلَيْهِ أَمَرَ لِي بِعُمَالَةٍ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّمَا عَمِلْتُ لِلَّهِ وَأَجْرِي عَلَى اللَّهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ خُذْ مَا أُعْطِيتَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ عَمِلْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَعَمَّلَنِي فَقُلْتُ مِثْلَ قَوْلِكَ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ "‏ إِذَا أُعْطِيتَ شَيْئًا مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَسْأَلَهُ فَكُلْ وَتَصَدَّقْ

TOPICS
reward  *  charity  *  acceptance  *  purpose  *  thawab  *  sadaqah  *  qabool  *  maqsad

QUICK LESSONS:
Accept rewards with humility; Use them wisely either to benefit ourselves or others around us through charity work; Be generous; Show gratitude; Be kind

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of accepting rewards for good deeds and using it for one's own purpose or as charity. The narrator Ibn al-Saidi was employed by Umar to collect sadaqah. When he finished his job and gave it to Umar, he was offered a reward in return. He refused at first but then remembered that during the time of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ he was also given a payment when he acted as a collector. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ then said that when someone is given something without asking for it they should use it either for their own purpose or give it away in charity. This teaches us that we should accept rewards with humility and use them wisely either to benefit ourselves or others around us through charity work.

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