Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 4025

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ: دَنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ بَعِيرٍ فَأَخَذَ وَبَرَةً مِنْ سَنَامِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي مِنْ هَذَا الْفَيْءِ شَيْءٌ وَلَا هَذَا وَرَفَعَ إِصْبَعَهُ إِلَّا الْخُمُسَ وَالْخُمُسُ مَرْدُودٌ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَدُّوا الْخِيَاطَ وَالْمِخْيَطَ» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فِي يَدِهِ كُبَّةٌ شَعَرٍ فَقَالَ: أَخَذْتُ هَذِهِ لِأُصْلِحَ بِهَا بَرْدَعَةً فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَمَّا مَا كانَ لي ولبني عبدِ المطلبِ فهوَ لكَ» . فَقَالَ: أمّا إِذا بَلَغَتْ مَا أَرَى فَلَا أَرَبَ لِي فِيهَا ونبَذَها. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb reported from his father, from his grandfather: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approached a camel, took a tuft of hair from its hump, then said, ‘People, I have no claim to anything from this fayʾ—not even this,’ and he raised his finger, ‘except the fifth, and the fifth is returned to you. So return the thread and needle.’ A man stood with a ball of hair in his hand and said, ‘I took this to mend a pack saddle.’ The Prophet said, ‘As for what belongs to me and Banu ʿAbd al-Muttalib, it is yours.’ The man said, ‘Now that I see how this has turned out, I have no use for it,’ and threw it away. Narrated by Abu Dawud.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The paired sewing terms are rendered as thread and needle; the last clause is translated closely.