Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

that his father said, “Whenever a beggar came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) or he was asked for something, he
used to say (to his companions), “Help and recommend him and you will receive the reward for it; and
Allah will bring about what He will through His Prophet’s tongue.”

Whenever Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) ordered us to give in charity, we used to go to the market and
work as porters and get a Mudd (a special measure of grain) and then give it in charity. (Those were
the days of poverty) and today some of us have one hundred thousand.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, “Do not withhold your money, (for if you did so) Allah would withhold His
blessings from you.”Narrated `Abda:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do not withhold your money by counting it (i.e. hoarding it), (for if you did so),
Allah would also withhold His blessings from you.”

“Save yourself from Hell-fire even by giving half a date-fruit in charity.”

that she had gone to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said, “Do not shut your money bag; otherwise Allah too will
withhold His blessings from you. Spend (in Allah’s Cause) as much as you can afford. ”

A lady along with her two daughters came to me asking (for some alms), but she found nothing with
me except one date which I gave to her and she divided it between her two daughters, and did not eat
anything herself, and then she got up and went away. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) came in and I informed him
about this story. He said, “Whoever is put to trial by these daughters and he treats them generously
(with benevolence) then these daughters will act as a shield for him from Hell-Fire.” (See Hadith No.
24, Vol. 8).

Hudhaifa said, “`Umar said, ‘Who amongst you remembers the statement of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h)
about afflictions’?’ I said, ‘I know it as the Prophet (ﷺ) had said it.’ `Umar said, ‘No doubt, you are bold.
How did he say it?’ I said, ‘A man’s afflictions (wrong deeds) concerning his wife, children and
neighbors are expiated by (his) prayers, charity, and enjoining good.’ (The sub-narrator Sulaiman
added that he said, ‘The prayer, charity, enjoining good and forbidding evil.’) `Umar said, ‘I did not
mean that, but I ask about that affliction which will spread like the waves of the sea.’ I said, ‘O chief of
the believers! You need not be afraid of it as there is a closed door between you and it.’ He asked,
‘Will the door be broken or opened?’ I replied, ‘No, it will be broken.’ He said, ‘Then, if it is broken, it
will never be closed again?’ I replied, ‘Yes.’ ” Then we were afraid to ask what that door was, so we
asked Masruq to inquire, and he asked Hudhaifa regarding it. Hudhaifa said, “The door was `Umar.
“We further asked Hudhaifa whether `Umar knew what that door meant. Hudhaifa replied in the
affirmative and added, “He knew it as one knows that there will be a night before the tomorrow
morning.”

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Which charity is the most superior in
reward?” He replied, “The charity which you practice while you are healthy, niggardly and afraid of
poverty and wish to become wealthy. Do not delay it to the time of approaching death and then say,
‘Give so much to such and such, and so much to such and such.’ And it has already belonged to such
and such (as it is too late).”

I said to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), “Before embracing Islam I used to do good deeds like giving in charity,
slave-manumitting, and the keeping of good relations with Kith and kin. Shall I be rewarded for those
deeds?” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “You became Muslim with all those good deeds (Without losing their
reward).”

Some of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, “Who amongst us will be the first to follow you (i.e. die
after you)?” He said, “Whoever has the longest hand.” So they started measuring their hands with a
stick and Sauda’s hand turned out to be the longest. (When Zainab bint Jahsh died first of all in the
caliphate of `Umar), we came to know that the long hand was a symbol of practicing charity, so she
was the first to follow the Prophet (ﷺ) and she used to love to practice charity. (Sauda died later in the
caliphate of Muawiya).