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Sunan Abi Dawud 3357 (Book 23, Hadith 32) #23647
Keeping Back Sadaqah Camels for Military Purposes

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad commanded Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As to equip an army, but the camels were insufficient. He then commanded him to keep back the young camels of sadaqah and replace them with two when more camels came.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Messenger of Allah commanded him to equip an army, but the camels were insufficient. So he commanded him to keep back the young camels of sadaqah, and he was taking a camel to be replaced by two when the camels of sadaqah came.
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنَ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَرِيشٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُجَهِّزَ جَيْشًا فَنَفِدَتِ الإِبِلُ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ فِي قِلاَصِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَكَانَ يَأْخُذُ الْبَعِيرَ بِالْبَعِيرَيْنِ إِلَى إِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ

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military  *  camels  *  sadaqah

QUICK LESSONS:
Be wise and resourceful in times of need; Be generous with your charity money even if it means sacrificing something you may have wanted or needed yourself; Use charity money for military purposes if necessary.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about a situation in which the Prophet Muhammad was commanding Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As to equip an army, but there were not enough camels available. To solve this problem, he commanded him to keep back the young camels of sadaqah and replace them with two when more camels came. This hadith teaches us that it is permissible in Islam to use charity money for military purposes if necessary. It also teaches us that we should be wise and resourceful in times of need, as well as generous with our charity money even if it means sacrificing something we may have wanted or needed ourselves.

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