Hadith 22

Sahih Bukhari

Book 24: Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Chapter 10

"Protect yourself from Hell-fire even with half a date"

باب اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ

And Allah’s Statement: “And the likeness of those who spend their wealth ..up to.. all kinds of fruits for him therein.” (V.2:265, 266).
وَالْقَلِيلِ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ: {وَمَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمُ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاةِ اللَّهِ وَتَثْبِيتًا مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ} الآيَةَ وَإِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ}.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1418
حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَزْمٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ دَخَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مَعَهَا ابْنَتَانِ لَهَا تَسْأَلُ، فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عِنْدِي شَيْئًا غَيْرَ تَمْرَةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهَا، فَقَسَمَتْهَا بَيْنَ ابْنَتَيْهَا وَلَمْ تَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا، ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَخَرَجَتْ، فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَيْنَا، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ ‏ ‏‏.‏
"‏ مَنِ ابْتُلِيَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَنَاتِ بِشَىْءٍ كُنَّ لَهُ سِتْرًا مِنَ النَّارِ ‏"
Aisha:

A lady along with her two daughters came to me asking (for some alms), but she found nothing with me except one date which I gave to her and she divided it between her two daughters, and did not eat anything herself, and then she got up and went away. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) came in and I informed him about this story. He said, "Whoever is put to trial by these daughters and he treats them generously (with benevolence) then these daughters will act as a shield for him from Hell-Fire." (See Hadith No. 24, Vol. 8).

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

'Aisha bint Abi Bakr

أمّ المؤمنين عائشة بنت أبي بكر الصديق

2,580 narrations

follower
2

'Urwa ibn al-Zubayr

عروة بن الزبير

1,628 narrations

follower
3

'Abdullah bin Abi Bakr bin Muh. b. 'Amr

عبد الله بن أبي بكر بن محمد بن عمرو

100 narrations

follower
4

al-Zuhri ‎,

ابن شهاب الزهري محمد بن مسلم

3,342 narrations

successor
5

Ma'mar bin Rashid

معمر بن راشد

934 narrations

successor
6

'Abdullah bin Mubarak

عبد الله بن المبارك

716 narrations

3rd Generation
7

Bashr bin Muhammad al-Sakhtiyani

بشر بن محمد السختياني

22 narrations