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Sunan Abi Dawud 2786 (Book 15, Hadith 310) #23076
Refusing Gifts and Offering Generosity

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was offered a colt of a mare as a gift, but he refused it and instead offered the man something from the spoils of Badr.

Narrated Dhul-Jawshan: A man of ad-Dabab, said: When the Prophet became free from the people of Badr I brought to him a colt of my mare called al-Qarha' I said: Muhammad, I have brought a colt of a al-Qarha' , so that you may take it. He said: I have no need of it. If you wish that I give you a select coat of mail from (the spoils of) Badr, I shall do it. I said: I cannot give you today a colt in exchange. He said: Then I have no need of it.
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ ذِي الْجَوْشَنِ، - رَجُلٍ مِنَ الضِّبَابِ - قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ بَعْدَ أَنْ فَرَغَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ بِابْنِ فَرَسٍ لِي يُقَالُ لَهَا الْقَرْحَاءُ فَقُلْتُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي قَدْ جِئْتُكَ بِابْنِ الْقَرْحَاءِ لِتَتَّخِذَهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهِ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ أُقِيضَكَ بِهِ الْمُخْتَارَةَ مِنْ دُرُوعِ بَدْرٍ فَعَلْتُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ مَا كُنْتُ أُقِيضُهُ الْيَوْمَ بِغُرَّةٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَلاَ حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهِ

TOPICS
gift  *  refusal  *  generosity  *  exchange

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous with what you have and never refuse an opportunity to help someone out if you can afford it .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's generosity and refusal to accept gifts. A man from ad-Dabab came to him with a colt of his mare called al-Qarha' as an offering, but the Prophet refused it saying that he had no need for it. Instead, he offered to give the man something from the spoils of Badr in exchange for his gift. This shows us that even though we may have something valuable to offer someone, they may not need or want it; so we should be generous enough to offer them something else in return if they do not accept our gift. It also teaches us that we should always be generous with what we have and never refuse an opportunity to help someone out if we can afford it.

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