32. Gifts
٣٢۔ كِتَابُ الْهِبَاتِ
[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ said: "O Muslim women, do not belittle a neighbor for her neighbor, even if it is a sheep."
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَا نِسَاءَ الْمُسْلِمَاتِ لَا تَحْقِرَنَّ جَارَةٌ لِجَارَتِهَا وَلَوْ فِرْسِنَ شَاةٍ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If I am handed a gift, even if it is as small as a palm's length, I would accept it. And if I am invited to a feast, even if it is as simple as a sheep's shoulder, I would respond." 11941 Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz informed us, narrating from Abu Al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub, narrating from Al-Abbas ibn Muhammad Ad-Duri, narrating from Wahb ibn Jarir, from Shu'bah, from Al-A'mash, who mentioned it.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ أُهْدِيَ إِلِيَّ ذِرَاعٌ لَقَبِلْتُ وَلَوْ دُعِيتُ إِلَى كُرَاعٍ لَأَجَبْتُ 11941 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ فَذَكَرَهُ
Son of my sister, by Allah, I used to see the new moon, then the new moon, then the new moon, i. e. three moons in two months, and fire was not kindled in the house of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I ('Urwa) said: Auntie, then what were your means of sustenance? She said: Dates and water. But it (so happened) that Messenger of Allah ﷺ had some Ansar as his neighbours and they had milch animals and they used to send to Messenger of Allah ﷺ some milk of their (animals) and he served that to us. (Using translation from Muslim 2972c)
أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَقُولُ وَاللهِ يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْهِلَالِ ثُمَّ الْهِلَالِ ثُمَّ الْهِلَالِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَهِلَّةٍ فِي شَهْرَيْنِ وَمَا أُوقِدَتْ فِي أَبْيَاتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نَارٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا خَالَةُ مَا كَانَ يُعِيشُكُمْ؟ قَالَتِ الْأَسْوَدَانِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جِيرَانٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَكَانَتْ لَهُمْ مَنَائِحُ فَكَانُوا يُرْسِلُونَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا فَيَسْقِينَاهُ
[Machine] People used to present their gifts to Aisha on the day of Aisha seeking thereby the pleasure of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .
كَانَ النَّاسُ يَتَحَرَّوْنَ بِهَدَايَاهُمْ يَوْمَ عَائِشَةَ يَبْتَغُونَ بِذَلِكَ مَرْضَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ
[Machine] He used to present gifts to the Prophet ﷺ from the desert, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would prepare it when he wanted to go out. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, Zaher is our desert, and we are present with it." And he mentioned the hadith.
كَانَ يُهْدِي لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْهَدِيَّةَ مِنَ الْبَادِيَةِ فَيُجَهِّزُهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ زَاهِرًا بَادِيَتُنَا وَنَحْنُ حَاضِرُوهُ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If I am given a gift, I would accept it, and if I am invited to a gift, I would respond. He used to encourage us to give gifts as a means of maintaining relationships between people and he said, 'If people were to embrace Islam, they would exchange gifts without any hunger.'"
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَوْ أُهْدِيَ إِلِيَّ كُرَاعٌ لَقَبِلْتُ وَلَوْ دُعِيتُ إِلَى كُرَاعٍ لَأَجَبْتُ وَكَانَ يَأْمُرُنَا بِالْهَدِيَّةِ صِلَةً بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَقَالَ لَوْ قَدْ أَسْلَمَ النَّاسُ قَدْ تَهَادَوْا مِنْ غَيْرِ جُوعٍ
Exchanging gifts increases love
from the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ who said, "Exchange gifts and you will love one another."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ تَهَادُوا تَحَابُّوا
[Machine] I heard Abu Abdullah Al Bushanji saying about the saying of the Prophet ﷺ, "Exchange gifts, as that will lead to increasing love between you. And when he said to do it in moderation, it is to avoid burdening one another."
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبُوشَنْجِيَّ يَقُولُ فِي قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تَهَادُوا تَحَابُّوا بِالتَّشْدِيدِ مِنَ الْمَحَبَّةِ وَإِذَا قَالَ بِالتَّخْفِيفِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنَ الْمُحَابَاةِ