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Sahih al-Bukhari 2267 (Book 37, Hadith 7) #2173
The Generosity of Al-Khadir

SUMMARY: This hadith is about Moses and Al-Khadir, who were travelling together and came across a wall that was about to fall. Al-Khadir straightened the wall without taking any wages for it.

Narrated Ubai bin Ka'b: Allah's Messenger said, "Both of them (Moses and Al-Khadir) proceeded on till they reached a wall which was about to fall". Sa'd said ? or Sa'id, "(Al-Khadir pointed) with his hands (towards the wall) and then raised his hands and the wall became straightened up". Ya'la said, "I think Sa'id ? or Sa'd said, 'He (Khadir) passed his hand over it and it was straightened up". (Moses said to him), "if you had wanted, you could have taken wages for it". Sa'id ? or Sa'd said, "Wages with which to buy food ".
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَنَّ ابْنَ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَهُمْ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يَعْلَى بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، وَعَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، يَزِيدُ أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ، وَغَيْرُهُمَا قَالَ قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ يُحَدِّثُهُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ حَدَّثَنِي أُبَىُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ فَانْطَلَقَا فَوَجَدَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْقَضَّ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ سَعِيدٌ بِيَدِهِ هَكَذَا، وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فَاسْتَقَامَ، قَالَ يَعْلَى حَسِبْتُ أَنَّ سَعِيدًا قَالَ‏.‏ فَمَسَحَهُ بِيَدِهِ فَاسْتَقَامَ ‏{‏قَالَ‏}‏ ‏"‏لَوْ شِئْتَ لاَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ سَعِيدٌ أَجْرًا نَأْكُلُهُ‏.‏

TOPICS
travel  *  wall  *  generosity  *  wages  *  safar  *  sur  *  ihsan  *  jaz

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous towards others even if there is no reward expected in return; be content with whatever one has; show kindness to those around us; help those who are in need without expecting anything back from them; appreciate small acts of kindness done by others; spread positivity around oneself through good deeds etc .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the journey of Prophet Moses and Al-Khadir. They were travelling together when they reached a wall which was about to fall down. Al-Khidr then pointed towards the wall with his hands, raised them up, and miraculously straightened it up again without taking any wages for it in return. When Prophet Moses asked him why he did not take any wages for his work, he replied that he only wanted food as payment instead of money or other materialistic things. This hadith teaches us the importance of generosity and kindness towards others even if we are not getting anything in return for our efforts or services rendered by us. It also teaches us to be content with whatever we have instead of always wanting more than what we need or deserve from others in terms of money or materialistic things.

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