Thread by @Realoilsheikh

Daily Hadith: 11th Dhul Qa'dah 1441 (2nd July 2020)

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

While we were sitting with the Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) a man came & said:

"O Allah's Apostle! I have been ruined."

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) asked:

"What was the matter with you?“.

He replied: "I had sexual intercourse with my wife while I was fasting."

Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) asked him:

"Can you afford to manumittimg a slave?"

The man replied in the negative.

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) then asked him:

"Can you fast for two successive
months?"

The man again replied in the negative.

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa
Sallam) asked him:

"Can you afford to feed sixty poor persons?"

He again replied in the negative.

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) kept silent & while we were in that state, a big basket full of dates was brought to the Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam). He asked, "Where is the questioner?"

The man replied, "I (am here) oh Noble Prophet of Allah."

The Prophet (SAW) said (to him):

"Take this (basket of dates) and give it in charity."

The man then said, "Oh Prophet of Allah, should I give it to a person poorer than I? By Allah; there is no family between its (i.e. Medina's) two mountains who are poorer than I."

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) smiled till his pre-molar teeth became visible and then said:

"Okay then, use it to feed your family."

Bukhari Vol. 3 : No. 157.

LESSONS FROM THE HADITH:

1. The essence of Islamic Shariah isn't to inflict pains on offenders. It is to ensure compliance with the rules of Allah.

2. The Prophet (SAW) is very merciful to the people.

3. Simplicity of Islaam as a religion.
4. The Prophet (SAW) does laugh.

*manumitting a slave, is freeing a slave.