9/29. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1650 — Sadaqah Is Not Lawful for the Prophet’s Household
On Giving Sadaqah To Banu Hashim
Hadith About Sadaqah Not Lawful for Ahl al-Bayt
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1650
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1650
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعَثَ رَجُلاً عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ مِنْ بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ فَقَالَ لأَبِي رَافِعٍ اصْحَبْنِي فَإِنَّكَ تُصِيبُ مِنْهَا . قَالَ حَتَّى آتِيَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَسْأَلَهُ فَأَتَاهُ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ " مَوْلَى الْقَوْمِ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَإِنَّا لاَ تَحِلُّ لَنَا الصَّدَقَةُ " .
Abu Rafi' Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) sent a man of the Banu Makhzum to collect sadaqah. He said to AbuRafi': Accompany me so that you may get some of it. He said: (I cannot take it) until I go to the Prophet (ﷺ) and ask him. Then he went to him and asked him. He said: The sadaqah is not lawful for us, and the client of a people is treated as one of them.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1650In-book reference : Book 9, Hadith 95English translation : Book 9, Hadith 1646
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1650
This Hadith about sadaqah not being lawful for the Prophet’s household begins with a man from Banu Makhzum being sent to collect sadaqah. He asked Abu Rafi to come with him so he might receive some of it. Abu Rafi did not decide by himself. He went to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and asked. The answer was clear: sadaqah is not lawful for us, and the client of a people is treated as one of them. The Hadith shows careful religious practice. Abu Rafi paused before taking anything linked to sadaqah. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم then explained that the ruling covered him because of his connection to the Prophet’s people.
What we learn from this hadith
- Abu Rafi asked before taking from something doubtful to him.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم stated that sadaqah was not lawful for his household.
- A client is treated as connected to the people he belongs to.
