Hadith 18

Sahih Bukhari

Book 55: Wills and Testaments (Wasaayaa)

Chapter 12

Can the founder of an endowment have the benefit of his endowment?

باب هَلْ يَنْتَفِعُ الْوَاقِفُ بِوَقْفِهِ

'Umar رضي الله عنه stipulated that the administrator of an endowment could eat from the yield of the endowment. The founder of an endowment or somebody else may be the trustee of the endowment. Similarly, if one offers a Badana (i.e., camel for sacrifice) or something else in Allah’s Cause, he is allowed to benefit by it in the same way as others benefit by it even if he did not stipulate that.
وَقَدِ اشْتَرَطَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ لاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَى مَنْ وَلِيَهُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ. وَقَدْ يَلِي الْوَاقِفُ وَغَيْرُهُ. وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ جَعَلَ بَدَنَةً أَوْ شَيْئًا لِلَّهِ، فَلَهُ أَنْ يَنْتَفِعَ بِهَا كَمَا يَنْتَفِعُ غَيْرُهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَشْتَرِطْ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2755
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَأَى رَجُلاً يَسُوقُ بَدَنَةً، فَقَالَ ‏"‏ ارْكَبْهَا ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ ارْكَبْهَا، وَيْلَكَ ‏"‏‏.‏ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ أَوْ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ‏.‏
Abu Huraira:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw a man driving a Badana and said to him, "Ride on it," and on the second or the third time he added, "Woe to you."