Hadith 1489

Can one buy the thing which he has given in charity? There is no harm in buying what was given as Zakât by someone else, for the Prophet ﷺ forbade the alms-giver (particularly) to buy what he himself had given in charity, but he did not forbid others to buy it.

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Darussalam · Volume 2

24 - THE BOOK OF ZAKĀT

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 1489 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 127

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English translation

1489. Narrated 'Abdullâh bin 'Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭâb gave a horse in charity in Allâh's Cause, and later he saw it being sold in the market and intended to purchase it. Then he went to the Prophet ﷺ and asked his permission. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not take back what you have given in charity." (The subnarrator added,) "For this reason, Ibn 'Umar never purchased the things which he had given in charity, and in case he had purchased something (unknowingly) he would give it in charity again.

Arabic text

1489 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ: أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ تَصَدَّقَ بِفَرَسٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، فَوَجَدَهُ يُبَاعُ، فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَشْتَرِيَهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَاسْتَأْمَرَهُ فَقَالَ: «لاَ تَعُدْ فِي صَدَقَتِكَ» فَبِذَلِكَ كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، «لاَ يَتْرُكُ أَنْ يَبْتَاعَ شَيْئًا تَصَدَّقَ بِهِ، إِلَّا جَعَلَهُ صَدَقَةً»

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