12/32. Chapter:
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 614 — The Book of Zakât
Upper hand is better than the lower hand, and the upper hand is that which spends and the lower hand is that which receives.
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan : 614
Al-Lu'lu Wal-MarjanHadith Number 614
حديث حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ رضي الله عنها، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي، ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي، ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي؛ ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَاحَكِيمُ إِنَّ هذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ، ⦗٢١٨⦘ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِسَخَاوَةِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ، وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ، كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ، الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَىقَالَ حَكِيمٌ: فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَا أَرْزأْ أَحَدًا بَعْدكَ شَيْئًا حَتَّى أُفَارِقَ الدُّنْيَا فَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رضي الله عنها، يَدْعُو حَكِيمًا إِلَى الْعَطَاءِ، فَيَأْبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَهُ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ عُمَرَ رضي الله عنها دَعَاهُ لِيُعْطِيَهُ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: إِنِّي أُشْهِدُكُمْ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلَى حَكِيمٍ، أَنِّي أَعْرِضُ عَلَيْهِ حَقَّهُ مِنْ هذَا الْفَيْءِ فَيَأْبَى أَنْ يَأْخُذَهُفَلَمْ يَرْزَأْ حَكِيمٌ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَ.
Hakîm bin Hizâm Narrated from:
(Once) I asked Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم (for something) and he gave it to me. Again I asked and he gave (it to me). Again I asked him and he gave (it to me). And then he said, "O Hakîm! This property is like a sweet fresh fruit; whoever takes it without greed, he is blessed in it, and whoever takes it with greediness, he is not blessed in it, and he is like a person who eats but is never satisfied; and the upper (giving) hand is better than the lower (receiving) hand.”Hakîm added: I said to Allâh’s Messenger ﷺ, “By Him (Allâh) Who sent you with the Truth, I shall never ask or take anything from anybody after you, till I leave this world.” Then Abû Bakr رضى الله عنه (during his caliphate) called Hakîm to give him his share from the war booty (like the other companions of the Prophet ﷺ), but he refused to take anything.Then ‘Umar رضى الله عنه (during his caliphate) called him to give him his share, but he refused. On that ‘Umar said, “O Muslims! I would like you to be witness that I offered Hakîm his share from this booty and he refused to take it.” So Hakîm never took anything from anybody after the Prophet ﷺ till he died. ( Sahih Al-Bukhârî, Hadîth No. 551, Vol. 2 )
Translation source
- Compiler:
- Muhammad Fu'ad 'Abd al-Baqi
- Publisher:
- Darussalam Publication
