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Sahih Muslim 885a — Voluntary Alms on Eid al-Fitr
The Book of Prayer - Two Eids
Hadith About Eid al-Fitr Charity After Khutba
Sahih Muslim : 885a
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 885a
وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، قَالَ ابْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَطَاءٌ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَامَ يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ فَصَلَّى فَبَدَأَ بِالصَّلاَةِ قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ ثُمَّ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَزَلَ وَأَتَى النِّسَاءَ فَذَكَّرَهُنَّ وَهُوَ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى يَدِ بِلاَلٍ وَبِلاَلٌ بَاسِطٌ ثَوْبَهُ يُلْقِينَ النِّسَاءُ صَدَقَةً . قُلْتُ لِعَطَاءٍ زَكَاةَ يَوْمِ الْفِطْرِ قَالَ لاَ وَلَكِنْ صَدَقَةً يَتَصَدَّقْنَ بِهَا حِينَئِذٍ تُلْقِي الْمَرْأَةُ فَتَخَهَا وَيُلْقِينَ وَيُلْقِينَ . قُلْتُ لِعَطَاءٍ أَحَقًّا عَلَى الإِمَامِ الآنَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ النِّسَاءَ حِينَ يَفْرُغُ فَيُذَكِّرَهُنَّ قَالَ إِي لَعَمْرِي إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَحَقٌّ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَا لَهُمْ لاَ يَفْعَلُونَ ذَلِكَ.
Jabir bin `Abdullah Narrated from:
The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) stood up on the day of 'Id al-Fitr and observed prayer. And he commenced the prayer before the sermon. He then delivered the sermon. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had finished (the sermon) he came down from (the pulpit), and made his way to the women and exhorted them (to do good acts), and he was leaning on the hand of Bilal. Bilal had stretched his cloth in which women were throwing alms.I (one of the narrators) said to 'Ata' (the other narrator): It must be Zakat on the day of Fitr. He ('Ata') said: No. It was alms (which) they were giving on that occasion, and a woman gave her ring, and then others gave, and then others gave. I said to 'Ata': Is It right now for the Imam to come to the women when he has finished (his address to the men) that he should exhort them (to good deeds)? He said: (Why not) by my life, it is right for them (to do so). What is the matter with them that they do not do it now?
Reference : Sahih Muslim 885aIn-book reference : Book 8, Hadith 3USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 4, Hadith 1925
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 885a
This hadith about Eid al-Fitr charity reports that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم stood on the day of Fitr, prayed first, and then delivered the sermon. After finishing, he came down and went to the women while leaning on Bilal's hand. Bilal spread his cloth, and women placed charity in it. The narrator asked Ata' whether this was Zakat on the day of Fitr, and Ata' answered that it was not; it was voluntary alms given at that time. The report also mentions Ata's view that the Imam should come to the women after addressing the men and remind them. The direct lesson is about Eid order, reminder, and giving alms.
What we learn from this hadith
- Eid prayer was performed before the sermon.
- The charity mentioned here was described by Ata' as voluntary alms, not Zakat al-Fitr.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم went to the women after the sermon and reminded them.
