Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: Of the dinar you spend as a contribution in Allah's path, or to set free a slave, or as a sadaqa given to a needy, or to support your family, the one yielding the greatest reward is that which you spent on your family.
Read More..Khaithama reported: While we were sitting in the company of 'Abdullah b. 'Umar there came in his steward. He (Ibn 'Umar) said: Have you supplied the provision to the slaves? He said: No. Upon this he said: Go and give (the provision) to them, for the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) has said: This sin is enough for a man that he withholds the subsistence from one whose master he is.
Read More..Jabir reported: A person from the Banu 'Udhra set a slave free after his death. This news reached the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon hhn). Upon this he said: Have you any property besides it? He said: No. Upon this he said: Who would buy (this slave) from me? Nulaim b. Abdullah bought it for eight hundred dirhams and (this amount was) brought to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) who returned it to him (the owner), and then said: Start with your own self and spend it on yourself, and if anything is left, it should be spent on your family, and if anything is left (after meeting the needs of the family) it should be spent on relatives, and if anything is left from the family, it should be spent like this, like this. And he was saying: In front of you, on your right and on your left.
Read More..Jabir reported that a person among the Ansar who was called Abu Madhkur granted posthumous freedom to his slave who was called Ya'qub. The rest of the hadith is the same.
Read More..Anas b. Malik is reported as saying: Abu Talha was the one among the Ansar of Medina who possessed the largest property and among his property he valued most was his garden known as Bairaha' which was opposite the mosque, and the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) often visited it and he drank of its sweet water. When this verse was revealed: You will never attain righteousness till you give freely of what you love (iii. 91), Abu Talha got up and, going to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), said: Allah says in His Book: You will never attain righteousness till you give freely of what you love, and the dearest of my property is Bairaha' so I give it as Sadaqa to God from Whom I hope for reward for it and the treasure with Allah; so spend it, Messenger of Allah, on whatever purpose you deem it proper. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Well done! that is a profitable deal, that is a profitable deal. I have heard what you have said, but I think you should spend it on your nearest relatives. So Abu Talha distributed it among the nearest relatives and his cousins on his father's side.
Read More..Anas reported that when this verse was tevealed: You will not attain righteousness till you give freely of what you love, Abu Talha said: I see that our Lord has demanded from us out of our property; so I make you a witness, Messenger of Allah. that I give my land known as Bairaha' for the sake of Allah. Upon this the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Give that to your relatives. So he gave it to Hassan b. Thabit and Ubayy b. Ka'b.
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