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Jami at-Tirmidhi 3839 (Book 49, Hadith 239) #29501
Mindful Possessions

SUMMARY: The Prophet (PBUH) taught Abu Hurairah to be mindful of his possessions and not to waste them.

Narrated Abu Hurairah: "I came to the Prophet with some dates and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, supplicate to Allah to bless them'. So he took them and supplicated for me for blessing in them, and then said to me: 'Take them and put them in this bag of yours - or this bag - and whenever you intend to take any from it, then put your hand in it and take it, and do not scatter them all about'. So I carried such and such Wasq of those dates in the cause of Allah. We used to eat from it, and give others to eat, and it (the bag) would not part from my waist until the day 'Uthman was killed, for they had run out".
حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْقَزَّازُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُهَاجِرُ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ الرِّيَاحِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ بِتَمَرَاتٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ فِيهِنَّ بِالْبَرَكَةِ ‏.‏ فَضَمَّهُنَّ ثُمَّ دَعَا لِي فِيهِنَّ بِالْبَرَكَةِ فَقَالَ لِي ‏ "‏ خُذْهُنَّ وَاجْعَلْهُنَّ فِي مِزْوَدِكَ هَذَا أَوْ فِي هَذَا الْمِزْوَدِ كُلَّمَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَأَدْخِلْ فِيهِ يَدَكَ فَخُذْهُ وَلاَ تَنْثُرْهُ نَثْرًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَدْ حَمَلْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ التَّمْرِ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنْ وَسْقٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ وَنُطْعِمُ وَكَانَ لاَ يُفَارِقُ حَقْوِي حَتَّى كَانَ يَوْمُ قَتْلِ عُثْمَانَ فَإِنَّهُ انْقَطَعَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مِنْ غَيْرِ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

TOPICS
possessions  *  mindfulness  *  abundance  *  generosity  *  amwal  *  ihtiyat

QUICK LESSONS:
Take care of your resources , Use your resources wisely , Be generous with your resources .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of being mindful of one's possessions and not wasting them. The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) taught Abu Hurairah to take care of his dates by putting them in a bag, taking only what he needs from it, and not scattering them all around. This teaches us that we should be careful with our resources and use them wisely so that they can last for a long time. We should also be generous with our resources, as Abu Hurairah did when he used the dates for himself as well as giving some away to others. This hadith also shows us the importance of abundance; even though the dates were taken from a small bag, they lasted until Uthman was killed due to their wise usage.

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