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If He Does Not Have Any Dirhams But He Has The Equivalent

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Darussalam · Volume 3

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

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الحديث: 2596 ¦ الجزء: 5 ¦ الصفحة: 98

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2597. It was narrated from 'Aţâ' قَالَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مُشْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً bin Yasâr that a man from Banu Asad said: "My wife and I stopped at Baqî' Al-Gharqad, and my wife said to me: 'Go to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and ask him to give us something to eat.' So I went to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and found a man with him asking him (for something), and the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ was saying: 'I do not have anything to give to you.' The man turned away angrily, saying: 'You only give to those you want.' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'He is angry with me because I did not have anything to give him. Whoever asks of you and he has an Uqiyah or its equivalent, then he has been too demanding in asking.'" Al-Asadî said: I said: 'Our milch-camel is worth more than an Uqiyah,' and an Uqiyah is forty Dirhams. "So I went back and did not ask him for anything. Then the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ got some barley and raisins after that, and he gave us a share of them, until Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, made us independent of means." (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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2596 - قَالَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ: قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ، عَنْ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ قَالَ: نَزَلْتُ أَنَا وَأَهْلِي، بِبَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ فَقَالَتْ لِي أَهْلِي: اذْهَبْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَسَلْهُ لَنَا شَيْئًا نَأْكُلُهُ، فَذَهَبْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَوَجَدْتُ عِنْدَهُ رَجُلًا يَسْأَلُهُ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: «لَا أَجِدُ مَا أُعْطِيكَ» فَوَلَّى الرَّجُلُ عَنْهُ وَهُوَ مُغْضَبٌ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: لَعَمْرِي إِنَّكَ لَتُعْطِي مَنْ شِئْتَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّهُ لَيَغْضَبُ عَلَيَّ أَنْ لَا أَجِدَ مَا أُعْطِيهِ، مَنْ سَأَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَلَهُ أُوقِيَّةٌ أَوْ عِدْلُهَا، فَقَدْ سَأَلَ إِلْحَافًا» قَالَ الْأَسَدِيُّ: فَقُلْتُ لَلَقْحَةٌ لَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُوقِيَّة، وَالْأُوقِيَّةُ: أَرْبَعُونَ دِرْهَمًا، فَرَجَعْتُ، وَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ، فَقَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، شَعِيرٌ، وَزَبِيبٌ، فَقَسَّمَ لَنَا مِنْهُ حَتَّى أَغْنَانَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

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"You only give to those you want" means the Prophet ﷺ does not give on account of entitlement, but gives on account of personal choice. That man might have been a hypocrite.