Regarding The Prophet ﷺ Encouraging Gifts
Darussalam · Volume 4
29. Chapters On Walā' And Gifts From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 2130 · Volume 5 · Page 130
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ضعيف، لكن الشطر الثاني منه صحيح، المشكاة (٣٠٢٨) // ضعيف الجامع الصغير (٢٤٨٩) //
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2130. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Give gifts, for indeed the gift removes bad feelings from the chest. And let the neighbor not look down upon (the gift of) her neighbor, even if it be the lower shanks of sheep."[1] (Da'if) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Gharīb from this route. Abū Ma'shar's name is Najih, the freed slave of Banū Hāshim. Some of the people of knowledge criticized him due to his poor memory.
٢١٣٠ - حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ الْبَصْرِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَوَاءٍ ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْشَرٍ ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «تَهَادَوْا؛ فَإِنَّ الْهَدِيَّةَ تُذْهِبُ وَحَرَ» الصَّدْرِ، وَلَا تَحْقِرَنَّ جَارَةٌ لِجَارَتِهَا، وَلَوْ شِقَّ فِرْسِنِ شَاةٍ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ. وَأَبُو مَعْشَرٍ اسْمُهُ نَجِيحٌ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، وَقَدْ تَكَلَّمَ فِيهِ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ قِبَلِ حِفْظِهِ.
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[1] His ﷺ saying: "Give gifts to spread love (among each other)" was recorded by Al-Bukhārī in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad no. 594, and graded Hasan by Shaikh Al-Albānī. The second half of this Hadīth: "Let the neighbor not look down upon..." is recorded by Al-Bukhārī (6017) and Muslim (2379) in their Ṣaḥīḥ.
It is a social necessity and custom to exchange gifts and presents amongst neighbors and friends since it promotes mutual love and fellow-feeling. Such interactions also have the effect of healing the rifts in relations, if any, and removing mutual ill-feelings and misunderstandings.