Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2737
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنِي نَافِعٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، أَصَابَ أَرْضًا بِخَيْبَرَ، فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَسْتَأْمِرُهُ فِيهَا، فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ أَرْضًا بِخَيْبَرَ، لَمْ أُصِبْ مَالاً قَطُّ أَنْفَسَ عِنْدِي مِنْهُ، فَمَا تَأْمُرُ بِهِ قَالَ " إِنْ شِئْتَ حَبَسْتَ أَصْلَهَا، وَتَصَدَّقْتَ بِهَا ". قَالَ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا عُمَرُ أَنَّهُ لاَ يُبَاعُ وَلاَ يُوهَبُ وَلاَ يُورَثُ، وَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا فِي الْفُقَرَاءِ وَفِي الْقُرْبَى، وَفِي الرِّقَابِ، وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ، وَالضَّيْفِ، لاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَى مَنْ وَلِيَهَا أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهَا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَيُطْعِمَ غَيْرَ مُتَمَوِّلٍ . قَالَ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ ابْنَ سِيرِينَ فَقَالَ غَيْرَ مُتَأَثِّلٍ مَالاً.
Qutayba ibn Saʿid narrated to us; Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Ansari narrated to us; Ibn ʿAwn narrated to us, who said: Nafiʿ informed me, from Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both), that ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab acquired land at Khaybar and sought the Prophet’s advice. He said, “Messenger of Allah, I have acquired land at Khaybar, and I have never had property more precious to me. What do you advise?” He replied, “If you wish, retain its principal and give it in charity.”
ʿUmar made it a charitable endowment: it was not to be sold, gifted, or inherited. He gave its proceeds to the poor, relatives, the emancipation of slaves, Allah’s cause, travelers, and guests. Its administrator could eat from it reasonably and feed others, without accumulating wealth. Ibn Sirin said that the phrase means, “without building up wealth.”