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Sunan Ibn Majah 3116 (Book 25, Hadith 235) #32470
The Importance of Not Taking What Does Not Belong To You

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the importance of not taking what does not belong to you and how Umar ibn Al-Khattab was willing to distribute the wealth of the poor Muslims.

It was narrated that Shaqiq said: "A man sent some Dirham through me to the House". He said: "I entered the House and Shaibah was sitting on a chair. I handed it (the money) to him and he said: 'Is this yours?’ I said: 'No, if it were mine I would not have given it to you.’ He said: 'Since you say that, 'Umar was sitting in the place where you are sitting now and said: "I will not go out until I distribute the wealth of the poor Muslims". I said: "You will not do that". He said: "I will certainly do that". He said: "Why is that?" I said: "Because, the Prophet and Abu Bakr saw where it was, and they had more need of the money than you do. But, they did not move it. Then, he stood up just as he was and went out".
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ، عَنْ وَاصِلٍ الأَحْدَبِ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، قَالَ بَعَثَ رَجُلٌ مَعِيَ بِدَرَاهِمَ هَدِيَّةً إِلَى الْبَيْتِ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَدَخَلْتُ الْبَيْتَ وَشَيْبَةُ جَالِسٌ عَلَى كُرْسِيٍّ فَنَاوَلْتُهُ إِيَّاهَا ‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَلَكَ هَذِهِ قُلْتُ لاَ وَلَوْ كَانَتْ لِي لَمْ آتِكَ بِهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ أَمَا لَئِنْ قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ لَقَدْ جَلَسَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ مَجْلِسَكَ الَّذِي جَلَسْتَ فِيهِ فَقَالَ لاَ أَخْرُجُ حَتَّى أَقْسِمَ مَالَ الْكَعْبَةِ بَيْنَ فُقَرَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ مَا أَنْتَ بِفَاعِلٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ لأَفْعَلَنَّ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَلِمَ ذَاكَ قُلْتُ لأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ ـ قَدْ رَأَى مَكَانَهُ ‏.‏ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَهُمَا أَحْوَجُ مِنْكَ إِلَى الْمَالِ فَلَمْ يُحَرِّكَاهُ ‏.‏ فَقَامَ كَمَا هُوَ فَخَرَجَ

TOPICS
prophet  *  wealth  *  poor  *  distribution  *  giving  *  charity  *  dirham  *  shaibah  *  umar

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous with your wealth; Help those in need; Be honest; Do good deeds; Respect others' property rights; Follow Prophet Muhammad's example ﷺ .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about the importance of not taking what does not belong to you. It tells us that Umar ibn Al-Khattab was willing to distribute the wealth of poor Muslims even though he himself did not need it. He was inspired by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and Abu Bakr who saw where it was but did not move it because they had more need for it than Umar did. This teaches us that we should be generous with our wealth and help those in need even if we do not have much ourselves. We should also be honest and never take something that does not belong to us as this is wrong in Islam.

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