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Sunan Ibn Majah 1822 (Book 8, Hadith 40) #31174
Seeking Out Bad Dates for Charity

SUMMARY: This hadith explains that one should not seek out rotten and shriveled dates to give in charity, as Allah does not need it.

It was narrated that: Bara bin Azib said concerning the Verse: "And of that which We have produced from the earth for you, and don not aim at that which is bad to spend from it". Al-Baqarah 2:267 "This was revealed concerning the Ansar. At the time of the new date-palm harvest, they would take a bunch of dates that were beginning to ripen and hang it on a rope between two of the pillars in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah , and the poor emigrants would eat from it". One of them deliberately mixed a bunch containing rotten and shriveled dates, and thought this was permissible because of the large number of dates that had been put there. So the following was revealed about the one who did that: '… and do not aim at that which is bad to spend from it'. Meaning do not seek out the rotten and shriveled dates to give in charity: '…(thought) you would not accept it save if you close your eyes and tolerate therein'. Meaning, if you were given this as a gift you would only accept it because you felt embarrassed, and you would get angry that he had sent something of which you have no need. And know that Allah has no need of your charity".
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْقَزِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، فِي قَوْلِهِ سُبْحَانَهُ ‏{‏وَمِمَّا أَخْرَجْنَا لَكُمْ مِنَ الأَرْضِ وَلاَ تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنْفِقُونَ}‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي الأَنْصَارِ كَانَتِ الأَنْصَارُ تُخْرِجُ إِذَا كَانَ جِدَادُ النَّخْلِ مِنْ حِيطَانِهَا أَقْنَاءَ الْبُسْرِ فَيُعَلِّقُونَهُ عَلَى حَبْلٍ بَيْنَ أُسْطُوَانَتَيْنِ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ ـ فَيَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَيَعْمِدُ أَحَدُهُمْ فَيُدْخِلُ قِنْوَ الْحَشَفِ يَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ جَائِزٌ فِي كَثْرَةِ مَا يُوضَعُ مِنَ الأَقْنَاءِ فَنَزَلَ فِيمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ ‏{وَلاَ تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنْفِقُونَ}‏ ‏.‏ يَقُولُ لاَ تَعْمِدُوا لِلْحَشَفِ مِنْهُ تُنْفِقُونَ ‏.‏ ‏{وَلَسْتُمْ بِآخِذِيهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ تُغْمِضُوا فِيهِ }‏ يَقُولُ لَوْ أُهْدِيَ لَكُمْ مَا قَبِلْتُمُوهُ إِلاَّ عَلَى اسْتِحْيَاءٍ مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ غَيْظًا أَنَّهُ بَعَثَ إِلَيْكُمْ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكُمْ فِيهِ حَاجَةٌ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنْ صَدَقَاتِكُمْ

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charity  *  rotten  *  tolerate  *  datepalm

QUICK LESSONS:
Give away useful things with good intentions

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith explains the importance of giving charity with good intentions. It was narrated by Bara bin Azib that when the Ansar were harvesting their date-palm trees, they would hang a bunch of dates between two pillars in the mosque of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for the poor emigrants to eat from. However, one person deliberately mixed a bunch containing rotten and shriveled dates thinking this was permissible because of the large number of dates that had been put there. As a result, Allah revealed this verse from Surat Al-Baqarah which states “And do not aim at that which is bad to spend from it” meaning do not seek out bad or rotten food items to give in charity as Allah does not need it. The verse also states “(thought) you would not accept it save if you close your eyes and tolerate therein” meaning if someone were given such an item as a gift they would only accept it because they felt embarrassed or obligated and would get angry at being given something they have no use for. Therefore, this hadith teaches us to be mindful when giving charity and make sure we are giving something useful or beneficial rather than something bad or useless.

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