Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 4040

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نَمَرُّ بِقَوْمٍ فَلَا هُمْ يُضَيِّفُونَا وَلَا هُمْ يُؤَدُّونَ مَا لنا عَلَيْهِم منَ الحقِّ وَلَا نَحْنُ نَأْخُذُ مِنْهُمْ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنْ أَبَوْا إِلَّا أنْ تأخُذوا كُرهاً فَخُذُوا» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ

Translation

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

ʿUqba ibn ʿAmir reported: I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, we pass by people who neither host us nor give us what is due to us, and we do not take anything from them.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘If they insist that you take it by force, then take it.’ Al-Tirmidhi transmitted it.