Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 2985

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Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 2985 is a narration recorded in this collection under Chapter 20: Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai' Wal-Imarah). This page presents the source record and its available text, translations and grading label. Use the reference and chapter link below to read it in context; numbering and wording may differ between editions.

Collection
Sunan Abu Dawud
Reference in Sirah
Hadith 2985
Chapter
20: Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai' Wal-Imarah)
Narrator in the source
Abdul Muttalib Ibn Rabiah Ibn al-Harith: Abdul Muttalib Ibn Rabiah Ibn al-Harith said
Compiler
Imam Abu Dawud
Displayed grading
Sahih
Hadith 2985
Sahih

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ الْهَاشِمِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ أَخْبَرَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّ أَبَاهُ رَبِيعَةَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَا:‏‏‏‏ لِعَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلِلْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ائْتِيَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُولَا لَهُ:‏‏‏‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ بَلَغْنَا مِنَ السِّنِّ مَا تَرَى وَأَحْبَبْنَا أَنْ نَتَزَوَّجَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَبَرُّ النَّاسِ وَأَوْصَلُهُمْ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَ أَبَوَيْنَا مَا يُصْدِقَانِ عَنَّا فَاسْتَعْمِلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الصَّدَقَاتِ فَلْنُؤَدِّ إِلَيْكَ مَا يُؤَدِّي الْعُمَّالُ وَلْنُصِبْ مَا كَانَ فِيهَا مِنْ مَرْفَقٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَأَتَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَنَحْنُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَنَا:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَا وَاللَّهِ لَا نَسْتَعْمِلُ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدًا عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَهُ رَبِيعَةُ: هَذَا مِنْ أَمْرِكَ قَدْ نِلْتَ صِهْرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ نَحْسُدْكَ عَلَيْهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَلْقَى عَلِيٌّ رِدَاءَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَنَا أَبُو حَسَنٍ الْقَرْمُ وَاللَّهِ لَا أَرِيمُ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمَا ابْنَاكُمَا بِجَوَابِ مَا بَعَثْتُمَا بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ:‏‏‏‏ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَالْفَضْلُ إِلَى بَابِ حُجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى نُوَافِقَ صَلَاةَ الظُّهْرِ قَدْ قَامَتْ فَصَلَّيْنَا مَعَ النَّاسِ ثُمَّ أَسْرَعْتُ أَنَا وَالْفَضْلُ إِلَى بَابِ حُجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ عِنْدَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ فَقُمْنَا بِالْبَابِ حَتَّى أَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِي وَأُذُنِ الْفَضْلِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَخْرِجَا مَا تُصَرِّرَانِ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فَأَذِنَ لِي وَلِلْفَضْلِ فَدَخَلْنَا فَتَوَاكَلْنَا الْكَلَامَ قَلِيلًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ كَلَّمْتُهُ أَوْ كَلَّمَهُ الْفَضْلُ قَدْ شَكَّ فِي ذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ كَلَّمَهُ بِالأَمْرِ الَّذِي أَمَرَنَا بِهِ أَبَوَانَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَاعَةً وَرَفَعَ بَصَرَهُ قِبَلَ سَقْفِ الْبَيْتِ حَتَّى طَالَ عَلَيْنَا أَنَّهُ لَا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْنَا شَيْئًا حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا زَيْنَبَ تَلْمَعُ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ بِيَدِهَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ لَا تَعْجَلَا وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي أَمْرِنَا ثُمَّ خَفَضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأْسَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَنَا:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَوْسَاخُ النَّاسِ وَإِنَّهَا لَا تَحِلُّ لِمُحَمَّدٍ وَلَا لِآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ادْعُوا لِي نَوْفَلَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَدُعِيَ لَهُ نَوْفَلُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ يَا نَوْفَلُ أَنْكِحْ عَبْدَ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَأَنْكَحَنِي نَوْفَلٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ادْعُوا لِي مَحْمِيَةَ بْنَ جَزْءٍ وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي زُبَيْدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْتَعْمَلَهُ عَلَى الأَخْمَاسِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِمَحْمِيَةَ:‏‏‏‏ أَنْكِحْ الْفَضْلَ فَأَنْكَحَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ قُمْ فَأَصْدِقْ عَنْهُمَا مِنَ الْخُمُسِ كَذَا وَكَذَا ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏لَمْ يُسَمِّهِ لِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ.

His father, Rabiah Ibn al-Harith, and Abbas Ibn al-Muttalib رضی اللہ عنہما said to Abdul Muttalib Ibn Rabiah رضی اللہ عنہما and al-Fadl Ibn Abbas رضی اللہ عنہ: Go to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and tell him: Messenger of Allah, we are now of age as you see, and we wish to marry. Messenger of Allah, you are the kindest of the people and the most skilled in matchmaking. Our fathers have nothing with which to pay our dower. So appoint us collector of sadaqah (zakat), Messenger of Allah, and we shall give you what the other collectors give you, and we shall have the benefit accruing from it. Ali came to us while we were in this condition. He said: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: No, I swear by Allah, he will not appoint any of you collector of sadaqah (zakat). Rabiah said to him: This is your condition; you have gained your relationship with the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم by marriage, but we did not grudge you that. Ali رضی اللہ عنہ then put his cloak on the earth and lay on it. He then said: I am the father of Hasan, the chief. I swear by Allah, I shall not leave this place until your sons come with a reply (to the question) for which you have sent them to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. Abdul Muttalib رضی اللہ عنہ said: So I and al-Fadl went towards the door of the apartment of the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. We found that the noon prayer in congregation had already started. So we prayed along with the people. I and al-Fadl then hastened towards the door of the apartment of the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. He was (staying) with Zaynab رضی اللہ عنہا , daughter of Jahsh, that day. We stood until the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم came. He caught my ear and the ear of al-Fadl. He then said: Reveal what you conceal in your hearts. He then entered and permitted me and al-Fadl (to enter). So we entered and for a little while we asked each other to talk. I then talked to him, or al-Fadl talked to him (the narrator, Abdullah was not sure). He said: He spoke to him concerning the matter about which our fathers ordered us to ask him. The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم remained silent for a moment and raised his eyes towards the ceiling of the room. He took so long that we thought he would not give any reply to us. Meanwhile we saw that Zaynab رضی اللہ عنہا was signalling to us with her hand from behind the veil, asking us not to be in a hurry, and that the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم was (thinking) about our matter. The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم then lowered his head and said to us: This sadaqah (zakat) is a dirt of the people. It is legal neither for Muhammad nor for the family of Muhammad. Call Nawfal Ibn al-Harith رضی اللہ عنہ to me. So Nawfal Ibn al-Harith was called to him. He said: Nawfal, marry Abdul Muttalib (to your daughter). So Nawfal married me (to his daughter). The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم then said: Call Mahmiyyah Ibn Jazi to me. He was a man of Banu Zubayd, whom the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم had appointed collector of the fifths. The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said to Mahmiyyah رضی اللہ عنہ : Marry al-Fadl (to your daughter). So he married him to her. The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: Stand up and pay the dower from the fifth so-and-so on their behalf. Abdullah Ibn al-Harith did not name it (i.e. the amount of the dower).

— Narrated Abdul Muttalib Ibn Rabiah Ibn al-Harith: Abdul Muttalib Ibn Rabiah Ibn al-Harith said

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Collection: Sunan Abu Dawud. Compiler: Imam Abu Dawud. Reference in Sirah: Hadith 2985.

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