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(35). 2987. Abū Mālik narrated from Al-Barā' (regarding): And do not aim at that which is bad to spend from it[1] - he said: "It was revealed about us, the people of the Anṣār who were date-palm owners. A man would bring the amount of dates that he could from his date-palms, either a lot or a little. A man would bring a cluster or two and hang it in the Masjid. The people of As-Suffah did not have food, so one of them would go up to the cluster and hit it with his stick, and unripe and ripe dates would fall, and he would eat. Some people did not hope for good, so a man would bring a cluster with pitless and hard dates, and a cluster with damaged dates, and hang it. So Allāh, Blessed and Most High, revealed: O you who believe! Spend of the good things
which you have earned, and of that which We have produced from the earth for you, and do not aim at that which is bad to spend from it.[1] They said: 'If one of you were given similar to what he gave, he would not take it except bashfully with your eyes closed.' So after that, one of us would bring the best that we had." (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb. Abū Mālik is Al-Ghifārī, and it is said that his name is Ghazwān. Sufyan Ath-Thawrī reported something similar to this from As-Suddī.
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[1] Al-Baqarah 2:267.
Commentary
This Qur'anic Verse and the Hadīth prove that such best and valuable things should be given in the path of Allāh, that a person will accept for himself willfully, happily and without hesitation. The bunches being hung in the mosque also prove that, for the general benefit of the public and for the people's need, hanging electric fans, tube-lights, bulbs and clocks are allowed; such other necessities as well.
