Questões
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Unemployed husband

Pergunta: Can a man not do job and provide wife with clothes and food from the charitable funds meant for poor.

Resposta:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-Salaamu Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullaahi Wa-Barakaatuh.

Raçulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam has encouraged us to work and has discouraged us from going out stretching our hands before people.

Consider the following Hadith:

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْأَلُهُ، فَقَالَ: أَمَا فِي بَيْتِكَ شَيْءٌ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، حِلْسٌ نَلْبَسُ بَعْضَهُ وَنَبْسُطُ بَعْضَهُ، وَقَعْبٌ نَشْرَبُ فِيهِ مِنَ الْمَاءِ، قَالَ:ائْتِنِي بِهِمَا، قَالَ: فَأَتَاهُ بِهِمَا، فَأَخَذَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَدِهِ، وَقَالَ: مَنْ يَشْتَرِي هَذَيْنِ؟ قَالَ رَجُلٌ: أَنَا، آخُذُهُمَا بِدِرْهَمٍ، قَالَ: مَنْ يَزِيدُ عَلَى دِرْهَمٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ، أَوْ ثَلَاثًا، قَالَ رَجُلٌ: أَنَا آخُذُهُمَا بِدِرْهَمَيْنِ فَأَعْطَاهُمَا إِيَّاهُ، وَأَخَذَ الدِّرْهَمَيْنِ وَأَعْطَاهُمَا الْأَنْصَارِيَّ، وَقَالَ: اشْتَرِ بِأَحَدِهِمَا طَعَامًا فَانْبِذْهُ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ، وَاشْتَرِ بِالْآخَرِ قَدُومًا فَأْتِنِي بِهِ،، فَأَتَاهُ بِهِ، فَشَدَّ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عُودًا بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ: اذْهَبْ فَاحْتَطِبْ وَبِعْ، وَلَا أَرَيَنَّكَ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا، فَذَهَبَ الرَّجُلُ يَحْتَطِبُ وَيَبِيعُ، فَجَاءَ وَقَدْ أَصَابَ عَشْرَةَ دَرَاهِمَ، فَاشْتَرَى بِبَعْضِهَا ثَوْبًا، وَبِبَعْضِهَا طَعَامًا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: هَذَا خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ تَجِيءَ الْمَسْأَلَةُ نُكْتَةً فِي وَجْهِكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، إِنَّ الْمَسْأَلَةَ لَا تَصْلُحُ إِلَّا لِثَلَاثَةٍ: لِذِي فَقْرٍ مُدْقِعٍ، أَوْ لِذِي غُرْمٍ مُفْظِعٍ، أَوْ لِذِي دَمٍ مُوجِعٍ

Translation: A man from among the Ansar came to Raçulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam and begged from him. He said, do you have anything in your house? He replied: Yes, a blanket, part of which we cover ourselves with and part we spread beneath us, and a bowl from which we drink water. Raçulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam said: come to me with them. So he brought them to him, and Raçulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam took them in his hand and said, who will buy these two things? A man said: I will by them for one Dirham. Raçulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam said: who will offer more than a Dirham? two or three times. A man said: I will buy them for two Dirham. So Raçulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam gave them to him and took the two Dirham, which he gave to the Ansari and said: Buy food with one of them and give it to your family, and buy an axe with the other and bring it to me. So he did that, and Raçulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam took it and fixed a handle to it, and said: Go and gather firewood and sell it, and I do not want to see you for fifteen days. So he went and gathered firewood and sold it, then he came back, and he had earned ten Dirham. Thereafter, he bought food with some of it and clothes with some. Then Raçulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam said: This is better for you than coming with begging (appearing) as a spot on your face on the Day of Resurrection. Begging is only appropriate for one who is extremely poor or who is in severe debt, or one who must pay painful blood money. Abu Dawud

If a person did not ask, and he was given goods or money for him, then there is no problem in providing his family with it. However, a man who can work should not beg to provide to his family. Rather, he should strive to provide.

If a person is given funds for the poor, he should spend it on the poor.

And Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

Mufti Mahomed Yasser Iunus Hussen

17 Shawwál 1445

27 Abril de 2024

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1641 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الْأَخْضَرِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْأَلُهُ، فَقَالَ: «أَمَا فِي بَيْتِكَ شَيْءٌ؟» قَالَ: بَلَى، حِلْسٌ نَلْبَسُ بَعْضَهُ وَنَبْسُطُ بَعْضَهُ، وَقَعْبٌ نَشْرَبُ فِيهِ مِنَ الْمَاءِ، قَالَ: «ائْتِنِي بِهِمَا»، قَالَ: فَأَتَاهُ بِهِمَا، فَأَخَذَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَدِهِ، وَقَالَ: «مَنْ يَشْتَرِي هَذَيْنِ؟» قَالَ رَجُلٌ: أَنَا، آخُذُهُمَا بِدِرْهَمٍ، قَالَ: «مَنْ يَزِيدُ عَلَى دِرْهَمٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ، أَوْ ثَلَاثًا»، قَالَ رَجُلٌ: أَنَا آخُذُهُمَا بِدِرْهَمَيْنِ فَأَعْطَاهُمَا إِيَّاهُ، وَأَخَذَ الدِّرْهَمَيْنِ وَأَعْطَاهُمَا الْأَنْصَارِيَّ، وَقَالَ: «اشْتَرِ بِأَحَدِهِمَا طَعَامًا فَانْبِذْهُ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ، وَاشْتَرِ بِالْآخَرِ قَدُومًا فَأْتِنِي بِهِ،»، فَأَتَاهُ بِهِ، فَشَدَّ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عُودًا بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ: «اذْهَبْ فَاحْتَطِبْ وَبِعْ، وَلَا أَرَيَنَّكَ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا»، فَذَهَبَ الرَّجُلُ يَحْتَطِبُ وَيَبِيعُ، فَجَاءَ وَقَدْ أَصَابَ عَشْرَةَ دَرَاهِمَ، فَاشْتَرَى بِبَعْضِهَا ثَوْبًا، وَبِبَعْضِهَا طَعَامًا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " هَذَا خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ [ص:121] تَجِيءَ الْمَسْأَلَةُ نُكْتَةً فِي وَجْهِكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، إِنَّ الْمَسْأَلَةَ لَا تَصْلُحُ إِلَّا لِثَلَاثَةٍ: لِذِي فَقْرٍ مُدْقِعٍ، أَوْ لِذِي غُرْمٍ مُفْظِعٍ، أَوْ لِذِي دَمٍ مُوجِعٍ " سنن أبي داود (2/ 120