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Sunan Ibn Majah 3596 (Book 32, Hadith 47) #32950
Giving Clothes as Gifts

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad gave two pieces of clothing to Ali, who asked what he should do with them. The Prophet instructed him to make them into head-cloths and give them to the Fatimahs.

It was narrated from 'Ali that a two-piece suit hemmed with silk, either on the wrap or the weft,* was given to the Messenger of Allah , and he sent them to me ('Ali). I came to him and said: "O Messenger of Allah, what should I do with these? Shall I wear them?" He said: "No, rather make them into head-cloths and give them to the Fatimahs".**
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي فَاخِتَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي هُبَيْرَةُ بْنُ يَرِيمَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، أَنَّهُ أُهْدِيَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ ـ حُلَّةٌ مَكْفُوفَةٌ بِحَرِيرٍ إِمَّا سَدَاؤُهَا وَإِمَّا لُحْمَتُهَا فَأَرْسَلَ بِهَا إِلَىَّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَصْنَعُ بِهَا أَلْبَسُهَا قَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ وَلَكِنِ اجْعَلْهَا خُمُرًا بَيْنَ الْفَوَاطِمِ

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clothing  *  gift  *  thiyab  *  hadiyyah  *  aanha  *  muhammad  *  fatimah

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous in your giving even if you don't have much yourself; Think carefully about how best you can use something special or valuable for good purposes rather than just keeping it for yourself or using it selfishly; Give gifts when appropriate; Respect those who are generous towards you; Show gratitude towards those who give you gifts; Appreciate others' generosity towards you

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of giving gifts and being generous. It was narrated from Ali that a two-piece suit hemmed with silk was given to the Messenger of Allah, and he sent it to Ali. When Ali asked what he should do with it, the Messenger of Allah instructed him to make it into head-cloths and give them as gifts to his daughters, Fatimah and her sisters. This hadith teaches us that we should be generous in our giving, even if we don't have much ourselves. We can also learn from this hadith that when someone gives us something special or valuable, we should think carefully about how best we can use it for good purposes rather than just keeping it for ourselves or using it selfishly.

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