Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 5611

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَقُولُ كَانَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ أَكْثَرَ أَنْصَارِيٍّ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مَالاً مِنْ نَخْلٍ، وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ مَالِهِ إِلَيْهِ بَيْرَحَاءَ، وَكَانَتْ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْمَسْجِدِ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَدْخُلُهَا وَيَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَاءٍ فِيهَا طَيِّبٍ‏.‏ قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ ‏‏{‏لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّى تُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ‏}‏ قَامَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ ‏‏{‏لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّى تُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ‏}‏ وَإِنَّ أَحَبَّ مَالِي إِلَىَّ بَيْرُحَاءَ، وَإِنَّهَا صَدَقَةٌ لِلَّهِ أَرْجُو بِرَّهَا وَذُخْرَهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ فَضَعْهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَيْثُ أَرَاكَ اللَّهُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ بَخٍ ذَلِكَ مَالٌ رَابِحٌ ـ أَوْ رَايِحٌ شَكَّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ـ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ مَا قُلْتَ وَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ تَجْعَلَهَا فِي الأَقْرَبِينَ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ أَفْعَلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَقَسَمَهَا أَبُو طَلْحَةَ فِي أَقَارِبِهِ وَفِي بَنِي عَمِّهِ‏.‏ وَقَالَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى رَايِحٌ‏.‏

Translation

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Maslamah narrated to us, from Mālik, from Isḥāq ibn ʿAbd Allāh, that he heard Anas ibn Mālik say: “Abū Ṭalḥah had more date palms and wealth than any other Anṣārī in Medina. The property he loved most was Bayruḥāʾ, which faced the mosque. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would enter it and drink good water there. Anas said: When the verse ‘You will never attain righteousness until you spend from what you love’ was revealed, Abū Ṭalḥah stood and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, Allah says, “You will never attain righteousness until you spend from what you love.” The property I love most is Bayruḥāʾ, and I give it as charity for Allah, hoping for its righteousness and reward stored up with Allah. So place it, Messenger of Allah, wherever Allah directs you.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Well done! That is profitable— or yielding—property; ʿAbd Allāh was unsure which he heard. I have heard what you said, and I think you should give it to your closest relatives.’ Abū Ṭalḥah said, ‘I will do so, Messenger of Allah,’ and distributed it among his relatives and his cousins.”

Ismāʿīl and Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā said: “Yielding.”