49. Chapter
٤٩۔ كِتَابُ النَّفَقَاتِ
[Machine] We met Abu Dharr wearing a robe, and his servant was wearing a similar one. A man said to him, "O Abu Dharr, if you took this robe from your servant and wore it, it would be elegant, and you could dress your servant in another robe." Abu Dharr said, "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'They are your brothers, Allah has put them under your care. So whoever's brother is under his care, let him feed him from what he eats, and let him dress him with what he wears, and do not burden him with what overwhelms him. If you give him a task, then help him.'" This hadith is narrated in Sahih from the hadith of Al-A'mash.
لَقِينَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ بِالرَّبَذَةِ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبٌ وَعَلَى غُلَامِهِ مِثْلُهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ لَوْ أَخَذْتَ هَذَا الثَّوْبَ مِنْ غُلَامِكَ فَلَبِسْتَهُ فَكَانَتْ حُلَّةً وَكَسَوْتَ غُلَامَكَ ثَوْبًا آخَرَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ هُمْ إِخْوَانُكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدَيْهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ وَلْيَكْسُهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ وَلَا يُكَلِّفْهُ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ فَإِنْ كَلَّفَهُ فَلْيُعِنْهُ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْأَعْمَشِ
قَدِمْنَا الرَّبَذَةَ فَأَتَيْنَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ فَإِذَا عَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ وَإِذَا عَلَى غُلَامِهِ أُخْرَى قَالَ فَقُلْنَا لَوْ كَسَوْتَ غُلَامَكَ غَيْرَ هَذَا وَجَمَعْتَ بَيْنَهُمَا فَكَانَتْ حُلَّةً قَالَ فَقَالَ سَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ هَذَا إِنِّي سَابَبْتُ رَجُلًا وَكَانَتْ أُمُّهُ أَعْجَمِيَّةً فَنِلْتُ مِنْهَا فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَشَكَانِي إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لِي أَسَابَبْتَ فُلَانًا قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَهَلْ ذَكَرْتَ أُمَّهُ؟ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ يُسَابِبِ الرِّجَالَ ذُكِرَ أَبُوهُ وَأُمُّهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ فِيكَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ عَلَى سَاعَتِي مِنَ الْكِبْرِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّمَا هُمْ إِخْوَانُكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ وَلْيُلْبِسْهُ مِنْ لِبَاسِهِ وَلَا يُكَلِّفْهُ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ فَإِنْ كَلَّفَهُ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ فَلْيُعِنْهُ عَلَيْهِ
I saw Abu Dhar Al-Ghifari wearing a cloak, and his slave, too, was wearing a cloak. We asked him about that (i.e. how both were wearing similar cloaks). He replied, "Once I abused a man and he complained of me to the Prophet ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ asked me, 'Did you abuse him by slighting his mother?' He added, 'Your slaves are your brethren upon whom Allah has given you authority. So, if one has one's brethren under one's control, one should feed them with the like of what one eats and clothe them with the like of what one wears. You should not overburden them with what they cannot bear, and if you do so, help them (in their hard job). (Using translation from Bukhārī 2545)
إِنِّي سَابَبْتُ رَجُلًا فَشَكَانِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَعَيَّرْتَهُ بِأُمِّهِ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي إِنَّ إِخْوَانَكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ وَلْيُلْبِسْهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ وَلَا تُكَلِّفُوهُمْ مَا يَغْلِبُهُمْ فَإِنْ كَلَّفْتُمُوهُمْ مَا يَغْلِبُهُمْ فَأَعِينُوهُمْ عَلَيْهِ
The Prophet ﷺ said: Feed those of your slaves who please you from what you eat and clothe them with what you clothe yourselves, but sell those who do not please you and do not punish Allah's creatures. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5161)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ لَايَمَكُمْ مِنْ مَمْلُوكِيكُمْ فَأَطْعِمُوهُ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ وَاكْسُوهُ مِمَّا تَكْتَسُونَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُلَايِمْكُمْ مِنْهُمْ فَبِيعُوهُ وَلَا تُعَذِّبُوا خَلْقَ اللهِ
[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "His expenditure and clothing should be according to what is customary, and what is customary for us is considered customary for someone similar to him in his country where he resides."
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ نَفَقَتُهُ وَكِسْوَتُهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالْمَعْرُوفُ عِنْدَنَا الْمَعْرُوفُ لِمِثْلِهِ فِي بَلَدِهِ الَّذِي يَكُونُ بِهِ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When the servant of any one of you brings him food, he should make him sit with him. If he does not do so, then he should give him a morsel or two. For indeed, he is his companion in smoke and heat."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا جَاءَ خَادِمُ أَحَدِكِمْ بِطَعَامِهِ فَلْيُجْلِسْهُ مَعَهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ فَلْيُنَاوِلْهُ أُكْلَةً أَوْ أُكْلَتَيْنِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ وَلِيَ دُخَانَهُ وَحَرَّهُ