Narrated Abu Huraira: A man came to the Prophets and said, I am ruined! The Prophet said, What is the matter with you? He said, I have done a sexual relation with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan The Prophet said to him, Can you afford to manumit a slave? He said, No. The Prophet said, Can you fast for two successive months? He said, No. The Prophet said, Can you feed sixty poor persons? He said, I have nothing. Later on an Irq (big basket) containing dates was given to the Prophet, and the Prophet said (to him), Take this basket and give it in charity. The man said, To poorer people than we? Indeed, there is nobody between its (i.e., Medina's) two mountains who is poorer than we. The Prophet then said, Take it and feed your family with it.
Read More..Narrated Al-Ju'aid bin `Abdur-Rahman: As-Sa'ib bin Yazid said, The Sa' at the time of the Prophet was equal to one Mudd plus one-third of a Mudd of your time, and then it was increased in the time of Caliph `Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz.
Read More..Narrated Nafi`: Ibn `Umar used to give the Zakat of Ramadan (Zakat-al-Fitr) according to the Mudd of the Prophet, the first Mudd, and he also used to give things for expiation for oaths according to the Mudd of the Prophet. Abu Qutaiba said, Malik said to us, 'Our Mudd (i.e., of Medina) is better than yours and we do not see any superiority except in the Mudd of the Prophet!' Malik further said, to me, 'If a ruler came to you and fixed a Mudd smaller than the one of the Prophet, by what Mudd would you measure what you give (for expiation or Zakat-al-Fitr?' I replied, 'We would give it according to the Mudd of the Prophet' On that, Malik said, 'Then, don't you see that we have to revert to the Mudd of the Prophet ultimately?'
Read More..Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle said, O Allah! Bestow Your Blessings on their measures, Sa' and Mudd (i.e., of the people of Medina).
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, If somebody manumits a Muslim slave, Allah will save from the Fire every part of his body for freeing the corresponding parts of the slave's body, even his private parts will be saved from the Fire) because of freeing the slave's private parts.
Read More..Narrated `Amr: Jabir said: An Ansari man made his slave a Mudabbar and he had no other property than him. When the Prophet heard of that, he said (to his companions), Who wants to buy him (i.e., the slave) for me? Nu'aim bin An-Nahham bought him for eight hundred Dirhams. I heard Jabir saying, That was a coptic slave who died in the same year.
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