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Sunan Abi Dawud 2694 (Book 15, Hadith 218) #22984
Generosity Encouraged by the Prophet Muhammad

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was generous and just in his distribution of the booty taken from Hawazin, and he encouraged others to be generous as well.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Messenger of Allah then said: Return to them (Hawazin) their women and their sons. If any of you withholds anything from this booty, we have six camels for him from the first booty which Allah gives us. The Prophet then approached a camel, and taking a hair from its hump said: O people, I get nothing of this booty, not even this (meanwhile raising his two fingers) but the fifth, and the fifth is returned to you, so hand over threads and needles. A man got up with a ball of hair in his hand and said: I took this to repair the cloth under a pack-saddle. The Messenger of Allah said: You can have what belongs to me and to the Banu al-Muttalib. He said: If it produces the result that I now realize, I have no desire for it.
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، فِي هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ رُدُّوا عَلَيْهِمْ نِسَاءَهُمْ وَأَبْنَاءَهُمْ فَمَنْ مَسَكَ بِشَىْءٍ مِنْ هَذَا الْفَىْءِ فَإِنَّ لَهُ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا سِتَّ فَرَائِضَ مِنْ أَوَّلِ شَىْءٍ يُفِيئُهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ دَنَا - يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ - مِنْ بَعِيرٍ فَأَخَذَ وَبَرَةً مِنْ سَنَامِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي مِنَ الْفَىْءِ شَىْءٌ وَلاَ هَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَرَفَعَ أُصْبُعَيْهِ ‏"‏ إِلاَّ الْخُمُسَ وَالْخُمُسُ مَرْدُودٌ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَدُّوا الْخِيَاطَ وَالْمِخْيَطَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فِي يَدِهِ كُبَّةٌ مِنْ شَعْرٍ فَقَالَ أَخَذْتُ هَذِهِ لأُصْلِحَ بِهَا بَرْذَعَةً لِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ أَمَّا مَا كَانَ لِي وَلِبَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَهُوَ لَكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَمَّا إِذْ بَلَغَتْ مَا أَرَى فَلاَ أَرَبَ لِي فِيهَا ‏.‏ وَنَبَذَهَا

TOPICS
generosity  *  booty  *  distribution  *  justice  *  istihqaq  *  almuttalib  *  hawazin

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous with whatever you have been blessed with in life.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the generosity of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). After a battle with Hawazin, he distributed all of the booty among those who were present. He also encouraged others to be generous with what they had taken from this battle. He even gave away six camels to anyone who withheld anything from this booty. Furthermore, when someone came forward with a ball of hair that he had taken for repairing cloth under a pack-saddle, the Prophet said that he could have what belonged to him and his family. This shows how generous and just he was in distributing this booty among those present. It also teaches us that we should always strive to be generous with whatever we have been blessed with in life, no matter how small it may seem at first glance.

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