[Machine] Ali ibn Abi Talib entered upon Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , with Hasan and Husain, who were crying. He asked, "What makes them cry?" She said, "Hunger." He then said, "Send a message to your father." So she sent for the Messenger of Allah, who came with a small amount of dates in front of him. He said, "Your daughter says, O Messenger of Allah, if you have anything, please give it to us, for Hasan and Husain are crying." The Messenger of Allah commanded the messenger to carry him to them, and he came with him to Fatimah. Ali entered upon her while carrying the dates, and he said, "Did you find anything else?" She replied, "No." Ali said, "There is nothing in this that will satisfy them." So Ali went out and found a dinar in the market, and he brought it to Fatimah and informed her. She said, "Take it to the Jew and buy some flour for us, so that we can send it to the Messenger of Allah to eat with us." Ali went and pawned the dinar for a dirham and came back with it. Fatimah kneaded the dough, set the fire, and baked the bread. She then sent for her father, and when he came, there was a tray with bread, meat boiling, and flour. She said to him, "O Messenger of Allah, remember, if you see it, we will eat it, and you will eat from it as well." He said, "Eat in the name of Allah," and they ate. While they were in their place, a young boy began reciting the dinar by Allah and Islam. The Messenger of Allah commanded him to be brought, and he was invited to his presence. The Messenger of Allah asked him and he said, "My family sent me with a dinar to buy something, and I dropped it in the market." The Messenger of Allah said, "Go to the butcher and say, 'The Messenger of Allah says, send me the dinar, and your dirham will be upon me.'" He went and delivered the message, and the Messenger of Allah gave him the dinar.  

أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ دَخَلَ عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ ؓ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وحَسَنٌ وَحُسَيْنٌ يَبْكِيَانِ فَقَالَ مَا يُبْكِهِمَا؟ قَالَتِ الْجُوعُ قَالَ فَأَرْسِلِي إِلَى أَبِيكِ فَأَرْسَلَتْ فَجَاءَهُ الرَّسُولُ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَضْلَةُ تَمْرٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ ابْنَتَكَ تَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ شَيْءٌ فَأَبْلِغْنَاهُ فَإِنَّ حَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا يَبْكِيَانِ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الرَّسُولَ فَحَمَلَهُ إِلَيْهِمَا فَجَاءَ بِهِ فَاطِمَةَ فَدَخَلَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهَا وَهُوَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ مَا وَجَدَ غَيْرَ هَذَا؟ قَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ؓ لَا فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ مَا فِي هَذَا مَا يُسَكِّنُهُمَا فَخَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَوَجَدَ دِينَارًا فِي السُّوقِ فَجَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ ؓ فَأَخْبَرَهَا وَقَالَ هَذَا الدِّينَارُ فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ؓ اذْهَبْ بِهِ إِلَى فُلَانٍ الْيَهُودِيِّ فَخُذْ لَنَا مِنْهُ دَقِيقًا فَخَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَجَاءَ الْيَهُودِيَّ فَاشْتَرَى بِهِ دَقِيقًا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنْتَ خَتَنُ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَخُذْ دِينَارَكَ وَلَكَ الدَّقِيقُ فَخَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ حَتَّى جَاءَ بِهِ فَاطِمَةَ فَأَخْبَرَهَا وَقَالَ هَذَا الدِّينَارُ قَالَتِ فاطمة اذْهَبْ بِهِ إِلَى فُلَانٍ الْجَزَّارِ فَخُذْ لَنَا بِدِرْهَمٍ لَحْمًا نُرْسِلُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَيَأكُلُ مَعَنَا فَذَهَبَ فَرَهَنَ الدِّينَارَ بِدِرْهَمٍ فَجَاءَ بِهِ فَعَجَنَتْ وَنَصَبَتْ وَخَبَزَتْ فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى أَبِيهَا فَجَاءَهَا فَإِذَا جَفْنَةٌ فِيهَا خُبْزٌ وَإِذَا اللَّحْمُ يَغْلِي وَإِذَا دَقِيقٌ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَذْكُرُ لَكَ فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَهُ لَنَا حَلَالًا أَكَلْنَا وَأَكَلْتَ مِنْ شَأْنِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ «كُلُوا بِسْمِ اللهِ» فَأَكَلُوا فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ مَكَانَهُمْ إِذَا غُلَامٌ يَنْشُدُ الدِّينَارَ بِاللهِ وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَدُعِيَ لَهُ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ أَرْسَلَنِي أَهْلِي بِدِينَارٍ أَشْتَرِي بِهِ فَسَقَطَ مِنِّي بِالسُّوقِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اذْهَبْ إِلَى الْجَزَّارِ فَقُلْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَرْسِلْ إِلَيَّ بِالدِّينَارِ وَدِرْهَمُكَ عَلَيَّ فَأَرْسَلَ بِهِ فَدَفَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَيْهِ  

[Machine] Hunger said, so Ali went out and found a dinar in the market, so he came to Fatimah (as) and informed her. She said, "Go to so-and-so, the Jew, and take some flour for us." So the Jew came and bought flour with the dinar. The Jew said, "Are you the one who claims to be the Messenger of Allah?" Ali said, "Yes." The Jew said, "Take your dinar and take the flour." So Ali went until he brought it to Fatimah (as) and informed her. She said, "Go to so-and-so, the butcher, and take some meat for us with a dirham." So he went and pawned the dinar for a dirham of meat. Then he brought it, and she kneaded it, and set it up, and baked it. Then she sent it to her father, and he came to them. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I mention it to you so that when you see it, it will be permissible for us to eat it, and you can eat from it as well." He said, "Eat in the name of Allah." So they ate. While they were eating, a boy said, "Allah and Islam redeem the dinar." The Prophet ﷺ ordered him to be called. He asked him, and he said, "I dropped it in the market." The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Ali, go to the butcher and tell him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ orders you to send it to me with the dinar and your dirham on me." So he sent it, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ handed it over to him. The prominent sheikh narrates from Ali (ra) in this chapter, indicating that he spent it before sharing it at that time. We have also narrated from Ata ibn Yasar (ra) from Ali (ra) in this story, that the Prophet ﷺ ordered him to share it, but he was not recognized, so the Prophet ﷺ ordered him to eat it. The apparent meaning of this narration is that he conditioned sharing it at that time and allowed eating it before the year had passed. The hadiths that mention the condition of sharing it for a year are stronger and more abundant, so they are more deserving. It is possible that he allowed him to spend it before a year had passed due to the necessity of it, and the story indicates that. It is also possible that he did not condition a year for a small amount, and Allah knows best.  

قَالَتِ الْجُوعُ فَخَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَوَجَدَ دِينَارًا بِالسُّوقِ فَجَاءَ إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ فَأَخْبَرَهَا فَقَالَتِ اذْهَبْ إِلَى فُلَانٍ الْيَهُودِيِّ فَخُذْ لَنَا دَقِيقًا فَجَاءَ الْيَهُودِيَّ فَاشْتَرَى بِهِ دَقِيقًا فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنْتَ خَتَنُ هَذَا الَّذِي يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَخُذْ دِينَارَكَ وَلَكَ الدَّقِيقُ فَخَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ حَتَّى جَاءَ بِه فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ فَأَخْبَرَهَا فَقَالَتِ اذْهَبْ إِلَى فُلَانٍ الْجَزَّارِ فَخُذْ لَنَا بِدِرْهَمٍ لَحْمًا فَذَهَبَ وَرَهَنَ الدِّينَارَ بِدِرْهَمٍ لَحْمًا فَجَاءَ بِهِ فَعَجَنَتْ وَنَصَبَتْ وَخَبَزَتْ فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى أَبِيهَا فَجَاءَهُمْ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَذْكُرُ لَكَ فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَهُ لَنَا حَلَالًا أَكَلْنَاهُ وَأَكَلْتَ مِنْ شَأْنِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ كُلُوا بِاسْمِ اللهِ فَأَكَلُوا فَبَيْنَا هُمْ مَكَانَهُمْ إِذَا غُلَامٌ يَنْشُدُ اللهَ وَالْإِسْلَامَ الدِّينَارَ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَدُعِيَ لَهُ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ سَقَطَ مِنِّي فِي السُّوقِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا عَلِيُّ اذْهَبْ إِلَى الْجَزَّارِ فَقُلْ لَهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَكَ أَرْسِلْ إِلِيَّ بِالدِّينَارِ وَدِرْهَمُكَ عَلَيَّ فَأَرْسَلَ بِهِ فَدَفَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ ظَاهِرُ الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّهُ أَنْفَقَهُ قَبْلَ التَّعْرِيفِ فِي الْوَقْتِ وَقَدْ رُوِّينَا عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ فِي هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُعَرِّفَهُ فَلَمْ يُعْتَرَفْ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ وَظَاهِرُ تِلْكَ الرِّوَايَةِ أَنَّهُ شَرَطَ التَّعْرِيفَ فِي الْوَقْتِ وَأَبَاحَ أَكْلَهُ قَبْلَ مُضِيِّ السَّنَةِ وَالْأَحَادِيثُ الَّتِي وَرَدَتْ فِي اشْتِرَاطِ التَّعْرِيفِ سَنَةً فِي جَوَازِ الْأَكْلِ أَصَحُّ وَأَكْثَرُ فَهِيَ أَوْلَى وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِنَّمَا أَبَاحَ لَهُ إِنْفَاقَهُ قَبْلَ مُضِيِّ سَنَةٍ لِوُقُوعِ الِاضْطِرَارِ إِلَيْهِ وَالْقِصَّةُ تَدُلُّ عَلَيْهِ وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَشْتَرِطْ مُضِيَّ سَنَةٍ فِي قَلِيلِ اللُّقَطَةِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ