38. Division of Charity
٣٨۔ كِتَابُ قَسْمِ الصَّدَقَاتِ
[Machine] I went to the Prophet ﷺ with Abdullah ibn Abi Talhah to have him anoint me. So I approached him and he had a bottle of musk with him, which is used to scent the charity camels.
غَدَوْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ لِيُحَنِّكَهُ فَوَافَيْتُهُ وَفِي يَدِهِ مِيسَمٌ يَسِمُ إِبِلَ الصَّدَقَةِ
When Um Sulaim gave birth to a child. she said to me, "O Anas! Watch this boy carefully and do not give him anything to eat or drink until you have taken him to the Prophet ﷺ tomorrow morning for the Tahnik." So the next morning I took the child to the Prophet ﷺ who was sitting in a garden and was wearing a Huraithiya Khamisa and was branding the she-camel on which he had come during the Conquest of Mecca. (Using translation from Bukhārī 5824)
لِي يَا أَنَسُ انْظُرْ هَذَا الْغُلَامَ فَلَا يُصِيبَنَّ شَيْئًا حَتَّى تَغْدُوَ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَغَدَوْتُ بِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ فِي حَائِطٍ وَعَلَيْهِ خَمِيصَةٌ حَوْتَكِيَّةٌ وَهُوَ يَسِمُ الظَّهْرَ الَّذِي قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْفَتْحِ
[Machine] And he had nine vessels, so no fruit or dessert could be made except that he would put it in one of those vessels. He would then send it to the Prophet's wives, and the one who would send it to Hafsah was the last one. If there was any shortage in it, it would be in Hafsah's share. He would then put some of the meat of those slaughtered animals in those vessels and send it to the Prophet's wives. He would order the remaining meat to be cooked, and he would invite the immigrants and the Ansar to come and eat from it. Al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This indicates that Umar used to designate specific portions for jizyah, charity, and this is what we say.
وَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ صِحَافٌ تِسْعٌ فَلَا تَكُونُ فَاكِهَةٌ وَلَا طُرَيْفَةٌ إِلَّا جَعَلَ فِي تِلْكَ الصِّحَافِ مِنْهَا فَبَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَى أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَيَكُونُ الَّذِي يَبْعَثُ بِهِ إِلَى حَفْصَةَ ؓنَّ مِنْ آخِرِ ذَلِكَ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ نُقْصَانٌ كَانَ فِي حَظِّ حَفْصَةَ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ فِي تِلْكَ الصِّحَافِ مِنْ لَحْمِ تِلْكَ الْجَزُورِ فَبَعَثَ بِهِ إِلَى أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَمَرَ بِمَا بَقِيَ مِنَ اللَّحْمِ فَصُنِعَ فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارَ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ هَذَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ كَانَ يَسِمُ وَسْمَيْنِ وَسْمَ جِزْيَةٍ وَوَسْمَ صَدَقَةٍ وَبِهَذَا نَقُولُ