Book 69: Maintenance
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 5351
Adam bin Iyas narrated to us that Shu'bah told us. He narrated from Adi bin Thabit. Adi said: I heard Hazrat Abdullah bin Yazid Ansari (ra). He narrated from Hazrat Abu Mas'ud Ansari (ra). (Hazrat Abdullah bin Yazid (ra) used to say:) I asked: Do you narrate this hadith from the Prophet (saw)? He said: From the Prophet (saw) indeed. He (saw) said: “If a Muslim spends on his wife and children, and his intention in it is the pleasure of Allah the Exalted, then that (spending) will be charity (Sadaqah) for him.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5352
Isma'il (bin Abi Uwais) narrated to us. He said: Malik told me. He narrated from Abu Zinad, Abu Zinad from A'raj, A'raj from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Allah (the Exalted) says: Son of Adam, spend, and I shall keep giving to you.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5353
Yahya bin Qaza'ah narrated to us that Malik told us. He narrated from Thaur bin Zaid, Thaur from Abul Ghaith, Abul Ghaith from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) said: “The one who earns for widows and the poor (who strives for their upkeep) is like the one who strives (Mujahid) and spends in the way of Allah, or he is like the one who stands in worship at night and fasts by day.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5354
Muhammad bin Kathir narrated to us that Sufyan (Thauri) told us. He narrated from Sa'd bin Ibrahim, Sa'd from Amir bin Sa'd, Amir from Hazrat Sa'd (bin Abi Waqqas) (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) used to visit me when I was ill in Mecca. I said: I have property. Shall I bequeath all my property? He (saw) said: “No.” I said: Then half? He (saw) said: “No.” I said: A third? He (saw) said: “A third, and even a third is a lot. That you leave your heirs well off is better than that you leave them needy, going about stretching out their hands before people. And whatever you spend will be charity (Sadaqah) for you, even the morsel that you lift and put into your wife's mouth. And it is hoped that Allah will raise you up (from your sickbed), so that some people may benefit through you and others may suffer harm through you.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5355
Umar bin Hafs (bin Ghiyath) narrated to us that my father told us. A'mash narrated to us that Abu Salih (Dhakwan) told us. He said: Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) told me. He used to say: The Prophet (saw) said: “The best charity (Sadaqah) is that which is given after one's needs are met. And the upper hand is indeed better than the lower hand. And give first to those whom you support.” The wife says: Either feed me or set me free. And the slave says: Feed me and take work from me. And the son says: Give me food; to whom are you leaving me? People said: Abu Hurairah (ra)! Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah (saw)? He said: No, this is from the mind of Abu Hurairah (ra) himself.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5356
Sa'id bin Ufair told us. He said: Laith (bin Sa'd) narrated to me. He said: Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Musafir narrated to us. He narrated from Ibn Shihab, Ibn Shihab from (Sa'id) bin Musayyab, Sa'id from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “The best charity (Sadaqah) is that after giving which one does not himself become needy. And give first to those whom you support.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5357
Muhammad bin Salam (Baikandi) narrated to me that Waki' told us. He narrated from (Sufyan) bin Uyainah. Ibn Uyainah said that Ma'mar narrated to me. Ma'mar says: (Sufyan) Thauri asked me: Have you heard anything about a man who keeps in store for his wife and children their expenses for one year or for less than a year? Ma'mar said: I did not remember any hadith. Then after that I remembered the hadith that Ibn Shihab Zuhri told us, narrating from Malik bin Aus, Malik from Hazrat Umar (ra), that the Prophet (saw) used to sell (the produce of) the date orchards of the Banu Nadir and keep for his family their expenses for one year.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5358
Sa'id bin Ufair told us. He said that Laith (bin Sa'd) narrated to me. He said that Uqail told me. Uqail narrated from Ibn Shihab. He used to say: Malik bin Aus bin Hadathan told me. And Muhammad bin Jubair bin Mut'im also mentioned to me something of Malik's hadith. Having heard it, I set off and reached Malik bin Aus and asked him. Malik said: I set off and reached Hazrat Umar (ra). Meanwhile his doorkeeper Yarfa came to him and said: Would you like to see Hazrat Uthman (ra), Hazrat Abdur Rahman (ra), Hazrat Zubair (ra) and Hazrat Sa'd (bin Abi Waqqas (ra))? These people are asking permission to come in. He said: Yes. And then he gave them permission to come in. Malik used to say that they came in, greeted with peace and sat down. After this Yarfa had waited only a little while when he said to Hazrat Umar (ra): Would you like to see Hazrat Ali (ra) and Hazrat Abbas (ra)? He said: Yes. So he gave them permission to come in. The two of them came in, greeted with peace and sat down. Hazrat Abbas (ra) said: Commander of the Faithful! Decide between me and him. The other people, that is, Hazrat Uthman (ra) and his companions, also said: Commander of the Faithful! Decide between these two and give each relief from the other. Hazrat Umar (ra) said: Wait. I adjure you by that very Allah by Whose command the heavens and the earth stand: Do you know that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “We have no heirs; whatever we leave will be charity (Sadaqah)”? By this the Messenger of Allah (saw) meant himself. Those people said: Certainly he (saw) said this. At this Hazrat Umar (ra) turned to Hazrat Ali (ra) and Hazrat Abbas (ra) and said: I adjure you both by Allah: Do you know that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said this? The two of them said: He (saw) did say this. Hazrat Umar (ra) said: Then I shall tell you the real nature of this property. Allah had singled out His Messenger (saw) with something of this wealth in such a way that He did not give this command for anyone other than him (saw). Allah the Exalted said: “And whatever Allah has given to His Messenger as spoils from them, you urged neither horse nor camel for that; but Allah grants power to His Messenger over whomsoever He pleases; and Allah has power over all things.” (Qur’an 59:7) So these properties belonged especially to the Messenger of Allah (saw), but by Allah! he (saw) did not keep them back from you, nor did he (saw) give himself preference over you in them. He (saw) gave to you too from them and distributed them among you, until this property remained of them. So the Messenger of Allah (saw) used to take from this property the expenses of his family for one year, then he (saw) would take whatever remained and spend it where the wealth of Allah is spent. And the Messenger of Allah (saw) acted upon this throughout his life. I adjure you by Allah: Do you know this? They said: Yes. He said to Hazrat Ali (ra) and Hazrat Abbas (ra): I adjure you both by Allah: Do you know this? They said: Yes. Then Allah caused His Prophet (saw) to die, and Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) said: I am the successor of the Messenger of Allah (saw). And Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) took these properties into his possession and continued to manage them in the same way as the Messenger of Allah (saw) had managed them. And Hazrat Umar (ra) turned to Hazrat Ali (ra) and Hazrat Abbas (ra) and said: At that time you both thought that Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) had done such and such (with these properties). And Allah knows that in (the use of) them he was truthful, righteous, on the right path and a follower of the truth. Then Allah caused Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) to die, and I said: I am the successor of the Messenger of Allah (saw) and of Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra), and I kept them in my possession for two years. I managed them just as the Messenger of Allah (saw) and Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) had done. Then you both came to me, and your word was one and your opinion was agreed. You (Abbas (ra)) came to me asking me for your share from your nephew, and this one (Ali (ra)) also came asking me for the share of his wife that comes from her father. I said: If you both wish, I shall hand this property over to you on the condition that you both give me the covenant of Allah and His firm pledge that you will both manage this property just as the Messenger of Allah (saw) managed it, as Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) managed it and as I have done since I became its custodian; otherwise do not speak to me about this property. You both said: Hand this property over to us on this condition, and I gave it to you both on this condition. I adjure you people by Allah: Did I not hand this property over to these two on this condition? They said: Yes. Malik bin Aus used to say: Then Hazrat Umar (ra) turned to Hazrat Ali (ra) and Hazrat Abbas (ra) and said: I adjure you both by Allah: Did I hand this property over to you both on this condition? The two of them said: Yes. Hazrat Umar (ra) said: Do you both then want some other decision from me than this? By the Being by Whose command the heavens and the earth stand, I shall not give any decision about this (property) other than this, even until the Hour comes. So if you two have become unable to manage it, hand it over to me, and I shall manage it in your place.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5359
(Muhammad) bin Muqatil narrated to us that Abdullah (bin Mubarak) informed us. Yunus (bin Yazid) told us. He narrated from Ibn Shihab: Urwah told me that Hazrat Aishah (ra) used to say: Hind bint Utbah came and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Abu Sufyan (ra) is a very miserly man. Will there be any sin on me if I feed my children from his property? He (saw) said: “No, but it must be according to custom.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5360
Yahya (bin Ja'far) narrated to us that Abdur Razzaq told us. He narrated from Ma'mar (bin Rashid), Ma'mar from Hammam (bin Munabbih). He said: I heard Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra). He narrated from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “If a woman spends from her husband's earnings without his command, her husband too will receive half the reward of that spending.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5361
Musaddad narrated to us that Yahya (bin Sa'id Qattan) told us. He narrated from Shu'bah. He said that Hakam (bin Utaibah) narrated to me. Hakam narrated from Ibn Abi Laila. (He said:) Hazrat Ali (ra) narrated to us that Hazrat Fatimah (as) came to the Prophet (saw) and complained to him (saw) of the pain that the hand mill caused her hands. And Hazrat Fatimah (ra) had received the news that slave girls and slaves had come to him (saw), but as it happened Hazrat Fatimah (ra) did not find him (saw), and she mentioned it to Hazrat Aishah (ra). When he (saw) came, Hazrat Aishah (ra) told him (saw). Hazrat Ali (ra) used to say: At this the Holy Prophet (saw) came to us when we had already lain down in our beds. We were about to stand up. He (saw) said: “Stay where you are.” He (saw) came and sat down between me and Fatimah (ra), so that I felt the coolness of his (saw) feet on my stomach. He (saw) said: “Shall I not tell you both something that is better than what you have asked for? When you are about to lie down in your beds,” or (he (saw) said:) “when you rest on your bedding, say Subhanallah (Holy is Allah) thirty-three times, Alhamdulillah (all praise belongs to Allah) thirty-three times and Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest) thirty-four times. This is better for you than a servant.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5362
(Abdullah bin Zubair) Humaidi narrated to us that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) told us. (He said:) Ubaidullah bin Abi Yazid narrated to us. He heard Mujahid. (He said:) I heard Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila. He used to narrate from Hazrat Ali bin Abi Talib (ra) that Hazrat Fatimah (as) came to the Prophet (saw) and asked him (saw) for a servant. He (saw) said: “Shall I not tell you something that would be better for you than a servant? When you are about to sleep, then glorify Allah thirty-three times, praise Allah thirty-three times and proclaim the greatness of Allah thirty-four times.” Then after that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) said that one of these three is thirty-four times. (And Hazrat Ali (ra) used to say that) after that I never gave up these words. He was asked: Not even on the night of Siffin? He said: Not even on the night of Siffin.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5363
Muhammad bin Ar'arah narrated to us that Shu'bah told us. He narrated from Hakam bin Utaibah, Hakam from Ibrahim (Nakha'i), Ibrahim from Aswad bin Yazid. (He said:) I asked Hazrat Aishah (ra): What did the Prophet (saw) use to do at home? She said: He (saw) used to be occupied with the household work of his family, and when he (saw) heard the call to Prayer (Adhan), he (saw) would go out.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5364
Muhammad bin Muthanna narrated to me that Yahya (bin Sa'id Qattan) told us. He narrated from Hisham (bin Urwah). He said that my father told me. He narrated from Hazrat Aishah (ra) that Hind bint Utbah (ra) said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Abu Sufyan (ra) is a very miserly man and does not give me as much as is sufficient for me and my children, except what I take from him without his knowledge. He (saw) said: “Take, according to custom, what is sufficient for you and your children.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5365
Ali bin Abdullah told us that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) narrated to us. (Abdullah) bin Tawus told us. He narrated from his father and from Abu Zinad, he from A'raj, A'raj from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Of the women who ride camels, the very best are the women of the Quraish.” And one narrator said: “The righteous women of the Quraish, who are very kind to children when they are small and guard the property of the husband most excellently.” And the same is also reported from Hazrat Mu'awiyah (ra) and Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra); both of them narrated this from the Prophet (saw).
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5366
Hajjaj bin Minhal narrated to us that Shu'bah (bin Hajjaj) told us. He said: Abdul Malik bin Maisarah informed me. He said: I heard Zaid bin Wahb. He narrated from Hazrat Ali (ra). He said that the Prophet (saw) brought me a silk garment. I put it on, and then I saw anger in his (saw) face. Then I tore it up and distributed it among my women.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5367
Musaddad narrated to us that Hammad bin Zaid told us. He narrated from Amr (bin Dinar), Amr from Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (ra). He said: My father died and left seven daughters, or he said: nine daughters. I married a previously married woman (Thayyibah, a widow), and the Messenger of Allah (saw) said to me: “Jabir (ra)! Have you married?” I said: Yes. He (saw) asked: “A virgin or a previously married woman?” I said: No, rather a previously married woman. He (saw) said: “Why did you not marry a young girl? You would play with her and she with you, and you would laugh with her and she with you.” Hazrat Jabir (ra) used to say: I said to him (saw): Hazrat Abdullah (ra) has passed away and left some daughters, and I did not like to bring to them someone like them. Therefore I married a woman who would bring them up and look after their welfare. He (saw) said: “May Allah bless,” or (he (saw) said:) “May Allah grant you good.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5368
Ahmad bin Yunus told us that Ibrahim bin Sa'd narrated to us. Ibn Shihab told us. He narrated from Humaid bin Abdur Rahman, Humaid from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra). He said: A man came to the Prophet (saw) and said: I am ruined. He (saw) said: “Why?” He said: I had intercourse with my wife in Ramadan. He (saw) said: “Then free a slave.” He said: I have none. He (saw) said: “Fast for two consecutive months.” He said: I cannot. He (saw) said: “Then feed sixty poor people.” He said: I do not have the means for that either. Meanwhile a basket containing some dates was brought to the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “Where is the one who asked?” He said: Here I am. He (saw) said: “Give this in charity (Sadaqah).” He asked: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! To someone who is more needy than we are? By the Being Who has sent you with the truth, there is no household between the two stony plains (of Medina) more needy than we are. Hearing this, the Prophet (saw) laughed so much that his (saw) teeth became visible. He (saw) said: “In that case you are the most deserving.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5369
Musa bin Isma'il told us that Wuhaib (bin Khalid) narrated to us. Hisham (bin Urwah) told us. He narrated from his father, his father from Hazrat Zainab bint Abi Salamah (ra), Hazrat Zainab (ra) from Hazrat Umm Salamah (ra). (She used to say:) I asked: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Shall I receive any reward on account of the sons of Abu Salamah (ra) if I spend something on them? And I am not going to just abandon them; they too are my sons. He (saw) said: “Yes, you will receive the reward for what you spend on them.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5370
Muhammad bin Yusuf (Firyabi) narrated to us that Sufyan (bin Sa'id) told us. He narrated from Hisham bin Urwah, Hisham from his father, his father from Hazrat Aishah (ra). Hind (ra) said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Abu Sufyan is a very stingy man. Will it be a sin on me if I take from his property as much as is sufficient for me and my sons? He (saw) said: “Take according to custom.”
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