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Riyad as-Salihin 326 (Book) #38711
The Rewards of Charity

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the importance of giving charity, even if it is something small like jewelry, and how it can be given to one's family members or orphans in their charge.

Zainab Ath-Thaqafiyah (May Allah be pleased with her) the wife of 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: When Messenger of Allah told the women that they should give Sadaqah (charity), even if it should be some of their jewellery, I returned to 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud and said, "You are a man who does not possess much, and Messenger of Allah has commanded us to give Sadaqah. So go and ask him if giving to you will serve the purpose; otherwise, I shall give it to someone else". He asked me that I should better go myself. I went and found a woman of the Ansar at the door of Messenger of Allah , waiting to ask a similar question as mine. The Prophet was endowed with dignity, and so we could not go in. When Bilal (May Allah be pleased with him) came out to us, we said to him: "Go to Messenger of Allah and tell him that there are two women at the door who have come to ask him whether it will serve them to give Sadaqah to their husbands and to orphans who are in their charge, but do not tell him who we are. Bilal (May Allah be pleased with him) went in and asked him, and Messenger of Allah asked him who the women were. When he told him that they were a woman of the Ansar and Zainab, he asked him which Zainab it was, and when he was told it was the wife of 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud, he said, "They will have a double reward, one for maintaining the ties of kinship and another for Sadaqah". Al-Bukhari and Muslim.
وعن زينب الثقفية امرأة عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله عنه وعنها قالت‏:‏ قال رسول الله ‏"‏تصدقن يا معشر النساء ولو من حليكن‏"‏ قالت‏:‏ فرجعت إلى عبد الله بن مسعود فقلت له‏:‏ إنك رجل خفيف ذات اليد وإن رسول الله قد أمرنا بالصدقة فأته، فاسأله، فإن كان ذلك يجزئ عني وإلا صرفتها إلى غيركم‏.‏ فقال عبد الله‏:‏ بل ائتيه أنت، فانطلقت، فإذا امرأة من الأنصار بباب رسول الله حاجتي حاجتها، وكان رسول الله قد ألقيت عليه المهابة، فخرج علينا بلال، فقلنا له‏:‏ ائت رسول الله ، فأخبره أن امرأتين بالباب تسألانك‏:‏ أتجزئ الصدقة عنهما على أزواجهما وعلى أيتام في حجورهما‏؟‏ ولا تخبره من نحن، فدخل على أزواجهما وعلى أيتام في حجورهما‏؟‏ ولا تخبره من نحن، فدخل بلال على رسول الله ، فسأله، فقال له رسول الله ‏"‏من هما‏؟‏‏"‏ قال‏:‏ امرأة من الأنصار وزينب‏.‏ فقال رسول الله ‏"‏أي الزيانب هي ‏؟‏‏"‏ قال‏:‏ امرأة عبد الله، فقال رسول الله ‏:‏ ‏"‏لهما أجران‏:‏ أجر القرابة وأجر الصدقة‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

TOPICS
charity  *  reward  *  giving  *  jewelry  *  sadaqah  *  thawab  *  atf  *  jawahar

QUICK LESSONS:
Give whatever you can in terms of charity; maintain ties with your family members; take care those who are under your charge such as orphans; strive for generosity and kindness towards others.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks to the importance of giving charity, even if it is something small like jewelry. Zainab Ath-Thaqafiyah was a wife of 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud who asked Messenger of Allah whether she could give her jewelry as charity to her husband or an orphan in her charge. The Prophet responded that she would receive double reward for maintaining ties with family and for giving charity. This hadith teaches us that we should always strive to give whatever we can in terms of charity, no matter how small it may seem. It also shows us the importance of maintaining ties with our family members and taking care of those who are under our charge such as orphans.

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