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(Book 3, Hadith 75) #35276
Giving Away Abundance as Charity

SUMMARY: A man was amazed by the amount of fruit in his garden and decided to give it away as charity.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr that a man from the Ansar was praying in a garden of his in Quff, one of the valleys of Madina, during the date season and the palms' branches were weighed down with fruit on all sides. He looked at them and what he saw of their fruits amazed him. Then he went back to his prayer and he did not know how much he had prayed. He said, "A trial has befallen me in this property of mine". So he went to Uthman ibn Affan, who was the khalifa at the time, and mentioned it to him and said, "It is sadaqa, so give it away in the paths of good". Uthman ibn Affan sold it for fifty thousand and so that property became known as the Fifty.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي حَائِطٍ لَهُ بِالْقُفِّ - وَادٍ مِنْ أَوْدِيَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ - فِي زَمَانِ الثَّمَرِ وَالنَّخْلُ قَدْ ذُلِّلَتْ فَهِيَ مُطَوَّقَةٌ بِثَمَرِهَا فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا فَأَعْجَبَهُ مَا رَأَى مِنْ ثَمَرِهَا ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى صَلاَتِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ لاَ يَدْرِي كَمْ صَلَّى فَقَالَ لَقَدْ أَصَابَتْنِي فِي مَالِي هَذَا فِتْنَةٌ ‏.‏ فَجَاءَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ - وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَلِيفَةٌ - فَذَكَرَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ هُوَ صَدَقَةٌ فَاجْعَلْهُ فِي سُبُلِ الْخَيْرِ ‏.‏ فَبَاعَهُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ بِخَمْسِينَ أَلْفًا فَسُمِّيَ ذَلِكَ الْمَالُ الْخَمْسِينَ

TOPICS
charity  *  garden  *  fruit  *  sadaqa  *  bustan  *  fakhdha  *  madinah  *  infaq  *  jannat  *  tahassur  *  madina

QUICK LESSONS:
Give away your abundance in charity even if you don't know exactly how much you have .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about a man from the Ansar who was praying in his garden during the date season. He noticed that all around him were branches weighed down with fruit and he was astonished by how much there was. He felt that this abundance of fruit presented a trial for him and so he went to Uthman ibn Affan, who at the time was Khalifa, and suggested that it be given away as charity. Uthman ibn Affan sold it for fifty thousand dirhams which is why this property became known as 'The Fifty'. This hadith teaches us about giving away our abundance in charity - even if we don't know exactly how much we have - because it can be used to help those less fortunate than ourselves. It also shows us how important generosity is in Islam; Uthman ibn Affan's decision to sell off this property for charity demonstrates his commitment to helping others even when faced with temptation or difficulty.

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