51. Gifts
٥١۔ كتاب الهبة وفضلها والتحريض عليها
ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab saw a silken dress (cloak) being sold at the gate of the Mosque and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Would that you buy it and wear it on Fridays and when the delegates come to you!" Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This is worn by the one who will have no share in the Hereafter." Later on some silk dresses were brought and Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent one of them to ʿUmar. ʿUmar said, "How do you give me this to wear while you said what you said about the dress of 'Utarid?" Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I have not given it to you to wear." So, ʿUmar gave it to a pagan brother of his in Mecca.
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوِ اشْتَرَيْتَهَا فَلَبِسْتَهَا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَلِلْوَفْدِ قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَلْبَسُهَا مَنْ لاَ خَلاَقَ لَهُ فِي الآخِرَةِ ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ حُلَلٌ فَأَعْطَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عُمَرَ مِنْهَا حُلَّةً وَقَالَ أَكَسَوْتَنِيهَا وَقُلْتَ فِي حُلَّةِ عُطَارِدٍ مَا قُلْتَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَمْ أَكْسُكَهَا لِتَلْبَسَهَا فَكَسَا عُمَرُ أَخًا لَهُ بِمَكَّةَ مُشْرِكًا
Once the Prophet ﷺ went to the house of Fatima but did not enter it. ʿAli came and she told him about that. When 'All asked the Prophet ﷺ about it, he said, "I saw a (multicolored) decorated curtain on her door. I am not interested in worldly things." ʿAli went to Fatima and told her about it. Fatima said, "I am ready to dispense with it in the way he suggests." The Prophet ﷺ ordered her to send it to such-andsuch needy people. "
أَتَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْتَ فَاطِمَةَ فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ عَلَيْهَا وَجَاءَ عَلِيٌّ فَذَكَرَتْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ فَذَكَرَهُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ عَلَى بَابِهَا سِتْرًا مَوْشِيًّا فَقَالَ مَا لِي وَلِلدُّنْيَا فَأَتَاهَا عَلِيٌّ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهَا فَقَالَتْ لِيَأْمُرْنِي فِيهِ بِمَا شَاءَ قَالَ تُرْسِلُ بِهِ إِلَى فُلاَنٍ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ بِهِمْ حَاجَةٌ
The Prophet ﷺ gave me a silken dress as a gift and I wore it. When I saw the signs of anger on his face, I cut it into pieces and distributed it among my wives."
أَهْدَى إِلَىَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حُلَّةً سِيَرَاءَ فَلَبِسْتُهَا فَرَأَيْتُ الْغَضَبَ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَشَقَقْتُهَا بَيْنَ نِسَائِي