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Sunan Abi Dawud 4024 (Book 34, Hadith 5) #24314
The Gift of Beauty

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was given a small cloak with a border and black stripes. He asked who should receive it, and when Umm Khalid was brought to him, he put it on her and told her to wear it out twice. He then pointed out the beautiful red or yellow marks on the cloak, saying that they meant "beautiful" in the language of the Abyssinians.

Narrated Umm Khalid, daughter of Sa'd b. al-'As: Once the Messenger of Allah was brought some garments among which was a small cloak with a border and black stripes. He said: Whom do you think to be more deserving for it ? The people kept silence. He said: Bring Umm Khalid. The she was carried to him and he put it on her, saying: Wear it out and make it ragged twice. Then he went on looking at red or yellow marks on it, and said: This is sanah, sanah, Umm Khalid. It means "beautiful" in the language of the Abyssinians.
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ الأَذَنِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أُمِّ خَالِدٍ بِنْتِ خَالِدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُتِيَ بِكِسْوَةٍ فِيهَا خَمِيصَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَنْ تَرَوْنَ أَحَقَّ بِهَذِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَسَكَتَ الْقَوْمُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ ائْتُونِي بِأُمِّ خَالِدٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَأُتِيَ بِهَا فَأَلْبَسَهَا إِيَّاهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَبْلِي وَأَخْلِقِي ‏"‏ ‏.‏ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَجَعَلَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى عَلَمٍ فِي الْخَمِيصَةِ أَحْمَرَ أَوْ أَصْفَرَ وَيَقُولُ ‏"‏ سَنَاهْ سَنَاهْ يَا أُمَّ خَالِدٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَسَنَاهْ فِي كَلاَمِ الْحَبَشَةِ الْحَسَنُ

TOPICS
clothing  *  beauty  *  language  *  deservingness  *  thiyab  *  jamal  *  lughah  *  alihtiyaj

QUICK LESSONS:
Appreciate beauty wherever you find it . Be generous enough to share your appreciation with others by giving them gifts . Respect other cultures .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about how we should appreciate beauty in all its forms. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was presented with a small cloak with a border and black stripes, which he gave to Umm Khalid as she seemed more deserving for it than anyone else present at that time. He then pointed out the beautiful red or yellow marks on the cloak, saying that they meant “beautiful” in the language of Abyssinians. This hadith teaches us to appreciate beauty wherever we find it; whether in people’s physical features or their character traits; whether in nature or art; whether from our own culture or from another one altogether. We should also be generous enough to share this appreciation with others by giving them gifts like this one given by Prophet Muhammad ﷺto Umm Khalid - gifts that will make them feel special and appreciated for who they are.

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