Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 2985
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ الْهَاشِمِيُّ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ رَبِيعَةَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ وَعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ قَالاَ لِعَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ وَلِلْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ائْتِيَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُولاَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ بَلَغْنَا مِنَ السِّنِّ مَا تَرَى وَأَحْبَبْنَا أَنْ نَتَزَوَّجَ وَأَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَبَرُّ النَّاسِ وَأَوْصَلُهُمْ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَ أَبَوَيْنَا مَا يُصْدِقَانِ عَنَّا فَاسْتَعْمِلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الصَّدَقَاتِ فَلْنُؤَدِّ إِلَيْكَ مَا يُؤَدِّي الْعُمَّالُ وَلْنُصِبْ مَا كَانَ فِيهَا مِنْ مِرْفَقٍ . قَالَ فَأَتَى إِلَيْنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَنَحْنُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ فَقَالَ لَنَا إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ وَاللَّهِ لاَ نَسْتَعْمِلُ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدًا عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ " . فَقَالَ لَهُ رَبِيعَةُ هَذَا مِنْ أَمْرِكَ قَدْ نِلْتَ صِهْرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمْ نَحْسُدْكَ عَلَيْهِ . فَأَلْقَى عَلِيٌّ رِدَاءَهُ ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَنَا أَبُو حَسَنٍ الْقَرْمُ وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَرِيمُ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمَا ابْنَاكُمَا بِجَوَابِ مَا بَعَثْتُمَا بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . قَالَ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَالْفَضْلُ إِلَى بَابِ حُجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَتَّى نُوَافِقَ صَلاَةَ الظُّهْرِ قَدْ قَامَتْ فَصَلَّيْنَا مَعَ النَّاسِ ثُمَّ أَسْرَعْتُ أَنَا وَالْفَضْلُ إِلَى بَابِ حُجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ عِنْدَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ فَقُمْنَا بِالْبَابِ حَتَّى أَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِي وَأُذُنِ الْفَضْلِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَخْرِجَا مَا تُصَرِّرَانِ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فَأَذِنَ لِي وَلِلْفَضْلِ فَدَخَلْنَا فَتَوَاكَلْنَا الْكَلاَمَ قَلِيلاً ثُمَّ كَلَّمْتُهُ أَوْ كَلَّمَهُ الْفَضْلُ - قَدْ شَكَّ فِي ذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ - قَالَ كَلَّمَهُ بِالأَمْرِ الَّذِي أَمَرَنَا بِهِ أَبَوَانَا فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَاعَةً وَرَفَعَ بَصَرَهُ قِبَلَ سَقْفِ الْبَيْتِ حَتَّى طَالَ عَلَيْنَا أَنَّهُ لاَ يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْنَا شَيْئًا حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا زَيْنَبَ تَلْمَعُ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ بِيَدِهَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ لاَ تَعْجَلاَ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي أَمْرِنَا ثُمَّ خَفَّضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ لَنَا " إِنَّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَوْسَاخُ النَّاسِ وَإِنَّهَا لاَ تَحِلُّ لِمُحَمَّدٍ وَلاَ لآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ادْعُوا لِي نَوْفَلَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ " . فَدُعِيَ لَهُ نَوْفَلُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ فَقَالَ " يَا نَوْفَلُ أَنْكِحْ عَبْدَ الْمُطَّلِبِ " . فَأَنْكَحَنِي نَوْفَلٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " ادْعُوا لِي مَحْمِيَةَ بْنَ جَزْءٍ " . وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي زُبَيْدٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم اسْتَعْمَلَهُ عَلَى الأَخْمَاسِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِمَحْمِيَةَ " أَنْكِحِ الْفَضْلَ " . فَأَنْكَحَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " قُمْ فَأَصْدِقْ عَنْهُمَا مِنَ الْخُمُسِ كَذَا وَكَذَا " . لَمْ يُسَمِّهِ لِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd al-Muttalib ibn Rabi‘ah ibn al-Harith reported that his father, Rabi‘ah ibn al-Harith, and al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib told him and al-Fadl ibn ‘Abbas: ‘Go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and say, “We have reached the age you see, and we wish to marry. You are the most dutiful and generous of people, but our fathers have nothing to pay our marriage portions. Appoint us to collect charity, and we will hand over what other collectors hand over and benefit from what is collected.”’ ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib came to us while we were discussing this and said, ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “By Allah, I will not appoint any of you to collect charity.”’ Rabi‘ah said to him, ‘This is your own good fortune: you have become related to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ by marriage, and we did not envy you for it.’ ‘Ali laid down his cloak and said, ‘I am Abu Hasan al-Qarm. By Allah, I will not leave until your sons return with an answer to what you sent them to ask the Prophet ﷺ.’
‘Abd al-Muttalib said: ‘Al-Fadl and I went to the door of the Prophet’s chamber, arriving as the noon prayer was beginning, and prayed with the people. We then hurried to the chamber. The Prophet ﷺ was that day with Zaynab bint Jahsh. We waited at the door until he came, took each of us by the ear, and said, “Bring out what you are concealing.” He then went in and allowed us to enter. For a little while each of us expected the other to speak. Then I spoke—or al-Fadl spoke; ‘Abd Allah was unsure which of us spoke—and we told him what our fathers had sent us to ask. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was silent for a time, looking up at the ceiling, until we thought he would give us no answer. Then we saw Zaynab signaling from behind the screen for us not to hurry, because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was considering our case.’
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then lowered his head and said: ‘This charity is the impurities of people, and it is not lawful for Muhammad or the family of Muhammad. Call Nawfal ibn al-Harith.’ Nawfal came, and the Prophet ﷺ said, ‘Nawfal, arrange the marriage of ‘Abd al-Muttalib.’ Nawfal did so. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, ‘Call Muhammiya ibn Jaz’.’ He was a man of Banu Zubayd whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had appointed over the fifths. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, ‘Arrange the marriage of al-Fadl.’ He did so. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Get up and pay their marriage portions from the fifth,’ naming an amount that ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Harith did not report.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report distinguishes the two young men’s request for employment collecting charity from the Prophet’s refusal to appoint either of them; he instead arranged their marriages and directed payment of their marriage portions from the fifth. The narrator is uncertain which young man spoke when they reached the Prophet. Muhammiya ibn Jaz’ is described as an official over the fifths. The amount for the marriage portions is not stated.
أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ رَبِيعَةَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ وَعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ قَالاَ لِعَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ وَلِلْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ائْتِيَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُولاَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ بَلَغْنَا مِنَ السِّنِّ مَا تَرَى وَأَحْبَبْنَا أَنْ نَتَزَوَّجَ وَأَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَبَرُّ النَّاسِ وَأَوْصَلُهُمْ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَ أَبَوَيْنَا مَا يُصْدِقَانِ عَنَّا فَاسْتَعْمِلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الصَّدَقَاتِ فَلْنُؤَدِّ إِلَيْكَ مَا يُؤَدِّي الْعُمَّالُ وَلْنُصِبْ مَا كَانَ فِيهَا مِنْ مِرْفَقٍ .
The young men ask to collect sadaqah and benefit from what is collected; their exact intended compensation is not itemized.
Should the request be described simply as employment with the charity collectors, as here, or made more specific about the benefit they sought?