37/33. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 2470 — What Is Given Remains
His SAW Saying About the Sheep
Hadith About Charity That Truly Remains
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 2470
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 2470
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي مَيْسَرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهُمْ ذَبَحُوا شَاةً فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا " . قَالَتْ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا إِلاَّ كَتِفُهَا . قَالَ " بَقِيَ كُلُّهَا غَيْرَ كَتِفِهَا " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَأَبُو مَيْسَرَةَ هُوَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ اسْمُهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ شُرَحْبِيلَ .
A'isha Narrated from:
Abu Maisarah narrated from 'Aishah that they had slaughtered a sheep, so the Prophet (s.a.w) said: "What Remains Of It?" She Said: "Nothing Remains Of It Except Its Shoulder." He Said: "All Of It Remains Except Its Shoulder."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2470In-book reference : Book 37, Hadith 56English translation : Vol. 4, Book 11, Hadith 2470
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 2470
This hadith about charity that truly remains changes how we look at giving. Aishah said they slaughtered a sheep. The Prophet asked what remained of it. She replied that nothing remained except its shoulder. The Prophet then said that all of it remained except its shoulder. The meaning is simple and powerful within the hadith: what was given away was counted as remaining, while what stayed for eating was the part that did not remain in that same sense. The hadith teaches that charity is not a loss. It is a form of lasting good. It helps a believer see giving as something saved, not something gone.
What we learn from this hadith
- What is given in charity is viewed as lasting good.
- The Prophet corrected the way Aishah described what remained.
- Charity should not be seen only as losing something.
- A believer can value what is sent ahead through giving.
