Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2292
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، وَيَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَنْبَأَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي اجْتَاحَ مَالِي . فَقَالَ " أَنْتَ وَمَالُكَ لأَبِيكَ " . وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِنَّ أَوْلاَدَكُمْ مِنْ أَطْيَبِ كَسْبِكُمْ فَكُلُوا مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
A man came to the Prophet and said, ‘My father has taken all my wealth.’ He replied, ‘You and your wealth belong to your father.’ The Messenger of Allah also said, ‘Your children are among the best of what you earn, so consume from their wealth.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report repeats the statement that a person and his property belong to his father, then adds the statement about children as part of one’s good earnings and permission to consume from their property.
وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِنَّ أَوْلاَدَكُمْ مِنْ أَطْيَبِ كَسْبِكُمْ فَكُلُوا مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ " .
The closing imperative says ‘eat from their wealth’ and does not state further limits or circumstances in this excerpt.
Should ‘consume from their wealth’ be understood literally as stated, without adding a qualification absent from the text?