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Sahih al-Bukhari 3344 (Book 60, Hadith 19) #3197
Attracting Hearts Through Generosity

SUMMARY: The Prophet (ﷺ) distributed gold among four people to attract them to Islam, and a man with sunken eyes challenged him. The Prophet (ﷺ) responded by asking why he should not obey Allah if everyone on earth was trusted to him. He then predicted that some of the man's descendants would recite the Quran but not understand it or act upon it, and they would kill Muslims but not disturb idolaters.

Narrated Abu Sa'id: 'Ali sent a piece of gold to the Prophet who distributed it among four persons: Al-Aqra' bin H'Abis Al-Hanzali from the tribe of Mujashi, 'Uyaina bin Badr Al-Fazari, Zaid at-Ta'i who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani Nahban, and 'Alqama bin Ulatha Al-'Amir who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani Kilab. So the Quraish and the Ansar became angry and said, "He (ie the Prophet, ) gives the chief of Najd and does not give us". The Prophet said, "I give them) so as to attract their hearts (to Islam)". Then a man with sunken eyes, prominent checks, a raised forehead, a thick beard and a shaven head, came (in front of the Prophet ) and said, "Be afraid of Allah, O Muhammad!" The Prophet ' said "Who would obey Allah if I disobeyed Him? (Is it fair that) Allah has trusted all the people of the earth to me while, you do not trust me?" Somebody who, I think was Khalid bin Al-Walid, requested the Prophet to let him chop that man's head off, but he prevented him. When the man left, the Prophet said, "Among the off-spring of this man will be some who will recite the Qur'an but the Qur'an will not reach beyond their throats (ie they will recite like parrots and will not understand it nor act on it), and they will renegade from the religion as an arrow goes through the game's body. They will kill the Muslims but will not disturb the idolaters. If I should live up to their time' I will kill them as the people of 'Ad were killed (ie I will kill all of them)".
قَالَ وَقَالَ ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نُعْمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ بَعَثَ عَلِيٌّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ بِذُهَيْبَةٍ فَقَسَمَهَا بَيْنَ الأَرْبَعَةِ الأَقْرَعِ بْنِ حَابِسٍ الْحَنْظَلِيِّ ثُمَّ الْمُجَاشِعِيِّ، وَعُيَيْنَةَ بْنِ بَدْرٍ الْفَزَارِيِّ، وَزَيْدٍ الطَّائِيِّ ثُمَّ أَحَدِ بَنِي نَبْهَانَ، وَعَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ عُلاَثَةَ الْعَامِرِيِّ ثُمَّ أَحَدِ بَنِي كِلاَبٍ، فَغَضِبَتْ قُرَيْشٌ وَالأَنْصَارُ، قَالُوا يُعْطِي صَنَادِيدَ أَهْلِ نَجْدٍ وَيَدَعُنَا‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّمَا أَتَأَلَّفُهُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَأَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ غَائِرُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ مُشْرِفُ الْوَجْنَتَيْنِ، نَاتِئُ الْجَبِينِ، كَثُّ اللِّحْيَةِ، مَحْلُوقٌ فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ إِذَا عَصَيْتُ، أَيَأْمَنُنِي اللَّهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ فَلاَ تَأْمَنُونِي ‏"‏‏.‏ فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ قَتْلَهُ ـ أَحْسِبُهُ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ ـ فَمَنَعَهُ، فَلَمَّا وَلَّى قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ مِنْ ضِئْضِئِ هَذَا ـ أَوْ فِي عَقِبِ هَذَا ـ قَوْمٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ، لاَ يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، يَقْتُلُونَ أَهْلَ الإِسْلاَمِ، وَيَدَعُونَ أَهْلَ الأَوْثَانِ، لَئِنْ أَنَا أَدْرَكْتُهُمْ لأَقْتُلَنَّهُمْ قَتْلَ عَادٍ

TOPICS
generosity  *  attraction  *  hearts  *  descendants  *  allah  *  quran

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous with others; Obey Allah; Understand & Act Upon Quranic Teachings; Attract others’ hearts towards Islam through generosity

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about how generosity can be used as a tool for attracting hearts towards Islam. In this hadith, Ali sent gold to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ who then distributed it among four people from different tribes in order to attract their hearts towards Islam. However, this angered the Quraish and Ansar who felt that they were being neglected in comparison. The Prophet ﷺ responded by saying that he gave them so as to attract their hearts towards Islam. A man with sunken eyes then challenged the Prophet ﷺ by telling him to fear Allah, however he responded by asking why he should not obey Allah if everyone on earth was trusted in his hands? He then predicted that some of this man's descendants would recite the Quran without understanding or acting upon it and they will kill Muslims but leave idolaters alone. This hadith teaches us about how generosity can be used as a tool for attracting hearts towards Islam and also warns us against those who may recite the Quran without understanding or acting upon its teachings which could lead them astray from true faith in God Almighty.

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