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Sahih Muslim 1056

Chapter: Giving to those whose hearts have been inclined (towards Islam) and to those for whose faith there is fear if they are not given anything, and putting up with the one who asks rudely due to ignorance, and the Khawarij and rulings regarding them

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1056

Narrator:Umar ibn al-Khattāb

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ، قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ، بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رضى الله عنه قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَسْمًا فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَغَيْرُ هَؤُلاَءِ كَانَ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْهُمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏

إِنَّهُمْ خَيَّرُونِي أَنْ يَسْأَلُونِي بِالْفُحْشِ أَوْ يُبَخِّلُونِي فَلَسْتُ بِبَاخِلٍ ‏"

Umar b. Khattab (Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) distributed something. Upon this I said:

Messenger of Allah, I swear by God, the others besides them were more deserving than these (to whom you gave charity). He said: They had in fact left no other alternative for me. but (that they should) either beg importunately from me or they would regard me as a miser, but I am not a miser.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1056) and Ahmad (No. 228).

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An explanation exists for another version of this hadith: Riyad as-Salihin 553

Classical commentary

An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : ( خَيَّرُونِي بَيْن أَنْ يَسْأَلُونِي بِالْفُحْشِ أَوْ يُبَخِّلُونِي وَلَسْت بِبَاخِلٍ ) مَعْنَاهُ : أَنَّهُمْ أَلَحُّوا فِي الْمَسْأَلَة لِضَعْفِ إِيمَانهمْ , وَأَلْجَئُونِي بِمُقْتَضَى حَالهمْ إِلَى السُّؤَال بِالْفُحْشِ أَوْ نِسْبَتِي إِلَى الْبُخْل , وَلَسْت بِبَاخِلٍ , وَلَا يَنْبَغِي اِحْتِمَال وَاحِد مِنْ الْأَمْرَيْنِ. فَفِيهِ مُدَارَاة أَهْل الْجَهَالَة وَالْقَسْوَة وَتَأَلُّفهمْ إِذَا كَانَ فِيهِمْ مَصْلَحَة , وَجَوَاز دَفْع الْمَال إِلَيْهِمْ لِهَذِهِ الْمَصْلَحَة.…

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Authentic Riyad as-Salihin 553

They left me no alternative but that they either beg of me importunately or regard me as a miser, and I am not a miser

‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) divided some wealth, and I said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, were not other than those people more deserving of it than them?" He replied: "They left me no alternative but that…

"‏إنهم خيروني أن يسألوني بالفحش فأعطيهم، أو يبخلوني، ولست بباخل‏"

Narrated by Umar ibn al-Khattāb Explained

Also reported by… (2)
  • المسند المستخرج على صحيح مسلم لأبي نعيم (2136)قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَسْمًا ، فَقُلْتُ : وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَغَيْرُ هَؤُلاءِ أَحَقُّ بِهِ مِنْهُمْ ، فَقَالَ : خَيَّرُونِي بَيْنَ أَنْ يَسْأَلُونِي بِالْفُحْشِ أَوْ يُبَخِّلُونِي فَلَسْتُ بِبَاخِلٍ
  • تهذيب الكمال للمزي (1180)خَيَّرُونِي بَيْنَ أَنْ يَسْأَلُونِي بِالْفُحْشِ ، أَوْ يُبَخِّلُونِي فَلَسْتُ بِبَاخِلٍ

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