Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2396
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ أَصَابَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ أَرْضًا بِخَيْبَرَ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاسْتَأْمَرَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ مَالاً بِخَيْبَرَ لَمْ أُصِبْ مَالاً قَطُّ هُوَ أَنْفَسُ عِنْدِي مِنْهُ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي بِهِ فَقَالَ " إِنْ شِئْتَ حَبَسْتَ أَصْلَهَا وَتَصَدَّقْتَ بِهَا " . قَالَ فَعَمِلَ بِهَا عُمَرُ عَلَى أَنْ لاَ يُبَاعَ أَصْلُهَا وَلاَ يُوهَبَ وَلاَ يُورَثَ تَصَدَّقَ بِهَا لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَفِي الْقُرْبَى وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ وَالضَّيْفِ لاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَى مَنْ وَلِيَهَا أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهَا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ أَوْ يُطْعِمَ صَدِيقًا غَيْرَ مُتَمَوِّلٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us: Mutamir ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Ibn Awn, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, who said: Umar ibn al-Khattab acquired land at Khaybar and went to the Prophet ﷺ for his advice. He said, “Messenger of Allah, I have acquired property at Khaybar, and I have never acquired anything more precious to me than it. What do you advise me to do with it?” He said, “If you wish, retain its principal and give its yield in charity.” Umar then dedicated it on the condition that its principal would not be sold, given away, or inherited. Its yield was to go to the poor, relatives, the emancipation of enslaved people, the cause of Allah, travelers, and guests. There was no blame on the person administering it to partake of it reasonably or to feed a friend, without treating it as his own wealth.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The complete chain and all terms of the endowment are included. The Arabic specifies keeping the principal intact and distributing its yield. غير متمول indicates that the administrator must not appropriate or accumulate the property as personal wealth.