Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 33 of 372
Benevolent Treatment towards Orphans, Girls, the Weak, the Poor and the Humble Persons
The Book of Miscellany – Chapter 33 : Ahadith 260 – 272
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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Allah, the Exalted says:
وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
“And lower your wings for the believers (be courteous to the fellow-believers)”.
[Al-Ḥijr 15:88]
وَٱصۡبِرۡ نَفۡسَكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلۡعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجۡهَهُۥۖ وَلَا تَعۡدُ عَيۡنَاكَ عَنۡهُمۡ
“And keep yourself (O Muhammad ﷺ) patiently with those who call on their Rubb (i.e., your companions who remember their Rubb with glorification, praising in prayers, and other righteous deeds) morning and afternoon, seeking His Face, and let not your eyes overlook them, desiring the pomp and glitter of the life of the world.”
[Al-Kahf 18:28]
فَأَمَّا ٱلۡيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقۡهَرۡ ﴿٩﴾ وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنۡهَرۡ ﴿١٠﴾
“Therefore, treat not the orphan with oppression. And repulse not the beggar.”
[Aḍ-Ḍuḥā 93:9–10]
أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ ﴿١﴾ فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِي يَدُعُّ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ﴿٢﴾ وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ﴿٣﴾
“Have you seen him who denies the Recompense? That is he who repulses the orphan (harshly). And urges not the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)”.
[Al-Mā‘ūn 107:1–3]
260 Sa`d bin Abu Waqqas (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Six of us were with the Prophet ﷺ when the infidels said to him: “Drive these ones away, lest they should begin to venture against us”. The six were, myself, Ibn Mas`ud, a man of the Hudhail tribe, Bilal and two other men whose names I don’t know. Messenger of Allah ﷺ thought what Allah wished him to think, and Allah revealed: “And turn not away those who invoke their Rubb, morning and afternoon seeking His Face.” (6:52)[Muslim].
261 `Aidh bin `Amr Al-Muzani (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Abu Sufyan passed by Salman, Suhaib and Bilal and some other Companions (radiyallahu anhum). They said to him: “Did not the swords of Allah exact their due from the foes of Allah?” Abu Bakr (radiyallahu anhu) said to them: “Do you speak like this to the chief of the Quraish and their master?” Then he went to the Prophet ﷺ and related this to him. He ﷺ said, “Abu Bakr, perhaps you have angered them. If so, you have angered your Rubb”. Abu Bakr (radiyallahu anhu) went back to them and said: “Brothers, did I offend you?” They replied: “No. May Allah forgive you, brother”.[Muslim].
262 Sahl bin Sa`d (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I will be like this in Jannah with the person who takes care of an orphan”. Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his forefinger and middle finger by way of illustration.[Al-Bukhari].
263 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “He who takes care of an orphan, whether he is his relative or a stranger, will be in Jannah with me like these two”. The narrator, Malik bin Anas raised his forefinger and middle finger for illustration.[Muslim].
264 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “A Miskin (needy) is not the one who can be turned away with a date-fruit or two, or a morsel or two. The true Miskin is one who, despite his poverty, abstains from begging”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
In another narration Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ” A Miskin is not the one who goes round begging from people and who can be turned away with a morsel or two, or a date-fruit or two. A true Miskin is he who does not find enough to suffice him, does not disclose his poverty so that he might be given alms, and does not stand up to beg”. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
265 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “One who strives to help the widows and the poor is like the one who fights in the way of Allah.” The narrator said: I think that he ﷺ added also: “I shall regard him as the one who stands up (for prayer) without rest and as the one who observes fasts continuously”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
266 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “The worst food is the food of the marriage banquet from which those are left out who would like to come; and to which those are invited who refuse to come. He who rejects an invitation disobeys Allah and His Messenger”.[Muslim].
In another narration Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The worst food is the food of the marriage banquet to which the rich are invited and from which the poor are left out”. [Muslim].
267 Anas (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever supports two girls till they attain maturity, he and I will come on the Day of Resurrection like this”. Messenger of Allah ﷺ joined his fingers illustrating this.[Muslim].
268 `Aishah (radiyallahu anha) reported: A woman came to me with her two daughters. She asked me (for charity) but she found nothing with me except one date-fruit, so I gave it to her. She accepted it and then divided it between her two daughters and herself ate nothing out of that. She then got up and went out. When Messenger of Allah ﷺ came in, and I narrated to him the story, he said, “He who is involved (in the responsibility) of (bringing up) daughters, and he is benevolent towards them, they would become protection for him against Hell-fire”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
269 `Aishah (radiyallahu anha) reported: A poor woman came to me carrying her two daughters. I gave her three date-fruits. She gave a date to each of them and then she took up one date-fruit and brought that to her mouth to eat, but her daughters asked her that also. She then divided between them the date-fruit that she intended to eat. This (kind) treatment of her impressed me and I mentioned that to Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said, ‘Verily, Allah has assured Jannah for her, because of (this act) of her,” or said, “He (SWT) has rescued her from Hell-Fire”.[Muslim].
270 Abu Shuraih Khuwailid bin `Amr Al-Khuza`i (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “O Allah, I declare inviolable the rights of two weak ones: the orphans and women”.[An-Nasa’i].
271 Mus`ab bin Sa`d bin Abu Waqqas (radiyallahu anhuma) reported: Sa`d considered himself better than his inferiors, so the Prophet ﷺ said to him, “You are given help and provision because of your weak ones”.[Al-Bukhari].
272 Abud-Darda (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Seek among your weak ones, for you are given provision and help only because of the weak amongst you.”[Abu Dawud].