Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1822
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْقَزِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، فِي قَوْلِهِ سُبْحَانَهُ {وَمِمَّا أَخْرَجْنَا لَكُمْ مِنَ الأَرْضِ وَلاَ تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنْفِقُونَ} . قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي الأَنْصَارِ كَانَتِ الأَنْصَارُ تُخْرِجُ إِذَا كَانَ جِدَادُ النَّخْلِ مِنْ حِيطَانِهَا أَقْنَاءَ الْبُسْرِ فَيُعَلِّقُونَهُ عَلَى حَبْلٍ بَيْنَ أُسْطُوَانَتَيْنِ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَيَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَيَعْمِدُ أَحَدُهُمْ فَيُدْخِلُ قِنْوَ الْحَشَفِ يَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ جَائِزٌ فِي كَثْرَةِ مَا يُوضَعُ مِنَ الأَقْنَاءِ فَنَزَلَ فِيمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ {وَلاَ تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنْفِقُونَ} . يَقُولُ لاَ تَعْمِدُوا لِلْحَشَفِ مِنْهُ تُنْفِقُونَ . {وَلَسْتُمْ بِآخِذِيهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ تُغْمِضُوا فِيهِ } يَقُولُ لَوْ أُهْدِيَ لَكُمْ مَا قَبِلْتُمُوهُ إِلاَّ عَلَى اسْتِحْيَاءٍ مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ غَيْظًا أَنَّهُ بَعَثَ إِلَيْكُمْ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكُمْ فِيهِ حَاجَةٌ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنْ صَدَقَاتِكُمْ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Sa‘id al-Qattan narrated to us; Amr ibn Muhammad al-Anqazi narrated to us; Asbat ibn Nasr narrated to us, from al-Suddi, from Adi ibn Thabit, from al-Bara ibn Azib, concerning His words, Glorified is He: ‘And from what We have brought forth for you from the earth… Do not deliberately select the bad of it to spend…’ He said: This was revealed concerning the Ansar. At the date-palm harvest, the Ansar would bring bunches of unripe dates from their orchards and hang them on a rope between two pillars in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so that the poor among the Emigrants could eat from them. One of them would deliberately bring a bunch of low-grade dates and put it there, thinking it would pass among the many bunches being hung. Then the words were revealed concerning those who did that: ‘Do not deliberately select the bad of it to spend.’ He says: Do not deliberately choose the low-grade dates from it to give in charity. ‘You would not take it unless you overlooked its defects.’ He says: If it were given to you as a gift, you would accept it only reluctantly, out of embarrassment toward its giver and annoyance that he had sent you something you had no need of. Know that Allah has no need of your charitable gifts.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source uses two date terms: busr for unripe dates and hashaf for low-grade dates. The Qur’anic quotations are partial, as they are in the source.