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Sunan Ibn Majah 3368 (Book 29, Hadith 118) #32722
Gift Giving and Treachery

SUMMARY: The Prophet ﷺ gave Numan bin Bashir a gift of grapes from Taif and asked him to give it to his mother, but he ate it before giving it to her.

It was narrated that Nu’man bin Bashir said: "The Prophet was given a gift of some grapes from Ta’if. He called me and said: 'Take this bunch of grapes and give it to your mother.’ But I ate it before I gave it to her. A few night later he said to me: 'What happened to the bunch of grapes? Did you give it to your mother?’ I said: 'No, So he called me treacherous.’"
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عِرْقٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ، قَالَ أُهْدِيَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ـ ـ عِنَبٌ مِنَ الطَّائِفِ فَدَعَانِي فَقَالَ ‏"‏ خُذْ هَذَا الْعُنْقُودَ فَأَبْلِغْهُ أُمَّكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَأَكَلْتُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أُبْلِغَهُ إِيَّاهَا فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ لَيَالٍ قَالَ لِي ‏"‏ مَا فَعَلَ الْعُنْقُودُ هَلْ أَبْلَغْتَهُ أُمَّكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ لاَ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَسَمَّانِي غُدَرَ

TOPICS
gift  *  treachery  *  prophet  *  hibah  *  khiyanah  *  wasallam

QUICK LESSONS:
Be honest when dealing with others; Respect gifts; Fulfill intended purpose of gifts; Do not take something given as a gift without permission; Do not use gifts for selfish desires.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of gift-giving and being honest with others. The Prophet Muhammad was given a bunch of grapes from Taif as a gift, which he then gave to Numan bin Bashir with the intention that he should give them to his mother. However, instead of doing so, Numan ate them himself. When the Prophet found out about this, he called him treacherous for not being honest with him or his mother. This hadith teaches us that we should always be honest when dealing with others and never take something that has been given as a gift without permission or without fulfilling its intended purpose. We should also remember that gifts are special things meant for someone else's benefit and not our own selfish desires.

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