55. Wills and Testaments

٥٥۔ كتاب الوصايا

55.32 Animals, property, gold and silver as endowments

٥٥۔٣٢ باب وَقْفِ الدَّوَابِّ وَالْكُرَاعِ وَالْعُرُوضِ وَالصَّامِتِ

[Machine] Al-Zuhri said regarding someone who donated a thousand dinars in the way of Allah and entrusted it to his slave who is a merchant and made the profit from it a charity for the poor and relatives, is it permissible for the man to consume anything from the profit of that thousand, if he did not specify to make the profit a charity for the poor, he said it is not permissible for him to consume from it.

قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ فِيمَنْ جَعَلَ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، وَدَفَعَهَا إِلَى غُلاَمٍ لَهُ تَاجِرٍ يَتْجُرُ بِهَا، وَجَعَلَ رِبْحَهُ صَدَقَةً لِلْمَسَاكِينِ وَالأَقْرَبِينَ، هَلْ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْ رِبْحِ ذَلِكَ الأَلْفِ شَيْئًا، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ جَعَلَ رِبْحَهَا صَدَقَةً فِي الْمَسَاكِينِ قَالَ لَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهَا.

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Once ʿUmar gave a horse in charity to be used in holy fighting. It had been given to him by Allah's Apostle . ʿUmar gave it to another man to ride. Then ʿUmar was informed that the man put the horse for sale, so he asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ whether he could buy it. Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "You should not buy it, for you should not take back what you have given in charity."  

البخاري:٢٧٧٥حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ حَمَلَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَعْطَاهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِيَحْمِلَ عَلَيْهَا رَجُلاً فَأُخْبِرَ عُمَرُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ وَقَفَهَا يَبِيعُهَا فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَبْتَاعَهَا فَقَالَ لاَ تَبْتَعْهَا وَلاَ تَرْجِعَنَّ فِي صَدَقَتِكَ