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Who Is The One Who Is Demanding When Asking?

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Darussalam · Volume 3

23. The Book Of Zakâh(المعجم ٢٣) - كتاب الزَّكَاة

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الحديث: 2595 ¦ الجزء: 5 ¦ الصفحة: 98

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2596. It was narrated from 'Abdur-Rahmân bin Abû Sa'eed Al-Khudrî that his father said: "My mother sent me to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, and I came to him and sat down. He turned to me and said: 'Whoever wants to be independent of means, Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, will make him independent. Whoever wants to refrain from asking, Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, will help him to refrain. Whoever wants to be content with his lot, Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, will suffice him. Whoever asks when he has something worth one Uqiyah, then he is being too demanding.' I said: 'My she-camel Al-Yâqûtah is worth more than an Uqiyah,' so I came back and did not ask him for anything." (Hasan)

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2595 - أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: سَرَّحَتْنِي أُمِّي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَقَعَدْتُ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَنِي، وَقَالَ: " مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى: أَغْنَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَمَنِ اسْتَعَفَّ: أَعَفَّهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَمَنِ اسْتَكْفَى: كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَمَنْ سَأَلَ وَلَهُ قِيمَةُ أُوقِيَّةٍ: فَقَدْ أَلْحَفَ، فَقُلْتُ: نَاقَتِي الْيَاقُوتَةُ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُوقِيَّةٍ فَرَجَعْتُ، وَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ "

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1. "Whoever wants to be independent of means (Ghina)" despite being poor, he does not make his poverty known. 2. "Whoever wants to refrain from asking," means he is not avaricious or greedy, but asks only according to his need. Or if he supplicates to Allâh for abstinence or sufficiency.