51. Gifts

٥١۔ كتاب الهبة وفضلها والتحريض عليها

51.17 Whoever refused to accept a present

٥١۔١٧ باب مَنْ لَمْ يَقْبَلِ الْهَدِيَّةَ لِعِلَّةٍ

[Machine] Omar ibn Abdul Aziz said, "The gift during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to be a gift, but today it is a bribe."

وَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ كَانَتِ الْهَدِيَّةُ فِي زَمَنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَدِيَّةً، وَالْيَوْمَ رِشْوَةٌ.

bukhari:2596Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

That he heard As-Sa'b bin Jath-thama Al-Laithi, who was one of the companions of the Prophet, saying that he gave the meat of an onager to Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was at a place called Al-Abwa' or Waddan, and was in a state of Ihram. The Prophet ﷺ did not accept it. When the Prophet ﷺ saw the signs of sorrow on As-Sa'b's face because of not accepting his present, he said (to him), "We are not returning your present, but we are in the state of Ihram." (See Hadith No. 747)

البخاري:٢٥٩٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الصَّعْبَ بْنَ جَثَّامَةَ اللَّيْثِيَّ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُخْبِرُ أَنَّهُ أَهْدَى لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِمَارَ وَحْشٍ وَهْوَ بِالأَبْوَاءِ أَوْ بِوَدَّانَ وَهْوَ مُحْرِمٌ فَرَدَّهُ قَالَ صَعْبٌ فَلَمَّا عَرَفَ فِي وَجْهِي رَدَّهُ هَدِيَّتِي قَالَ لَيْسَ بِنَا رَدٌّ عَلَيْكَ وَلَكِنَّا حُرُمٌ

Punishment for wrongfully taking from zakat funds

bukhari:2597ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > Abū Ḥumayd al-Sāʿidī

The Prophet ﷺ appointed a man from al-Azd, called Ibn al-Lutbiyyah, to collect the charity (zakah). When he returned, he said: “This is for you, and this was given to me as a gift.” He said: “Why didn’t he sit in his father’s house or his mother’s house and see whether he would be given gifts or not? By the One in Whose hand is my soul, no one takes anything from it except that he will come with it on the Day of Judgement carrying it on his neck: if it is a camel, it will be bellowing; or a cow, it will be mooing; or a sheep, it will be bleating.”

Then he raised his hand until we could see the whiteness of his armpit, and he said: “O Allah, have I conveyed ˹the message˺? O Allah, have I conveyed  ˹the message˺?” three times.

البخاري:٢٥٩٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ ؓ قَالَ

اسْتَعْمَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَزْدِ، يُقَالُ لَهُ ابْنُ اللُّتْبِيَّةِ، عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ. فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ قَالَ: هَذَا لَكُمْ، وَهَذَا أُهْدِيَ لِي. قَالَ: «فَهَلَّا جَلَسَ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ أَوْ بَيْتِ أُمِّهِ، فَيَنْظُرَ أَيُهْدَى لَهُ أَمْ لَا؟ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَا يَأْخُذُ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا إِلَّا جَاءَ بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَحْمِلُهُ عَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ: إِنْ كَانَ بَعِيرًا لَهُ رُغَاءٌ، أَوْ بَقَرَةً لَهَا خُوَارٌ، أَوْ شَاةً تَيْعَرُ».

ثُمَّ رَفَعَ بِيَدِهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا عُفْرَةَ إِبْطَيْهِ، وَقَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ، اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ»، ثَلَاثًا.