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Our Mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her.

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“O ‘Aishah, a house that has no dates, its inhabitants are hungry.”

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Whoever is raised upon the hadiths of the Prophet, peace be upon him,

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Is raised upon great principles that illuminate their path in life,

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And assist them in dealing properly with the issues of reality and society.

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They live in a state of happiness that only those who have walked this path can feel.

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How could it be otherwise, when Allah, the Almighty, sent him as a mercy to the worlds?

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He, peace be upon him, said:

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“I was not sent as one who curses, but rather I was sent as a mercy.”

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Narrated by Muslim.

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This mercy is manifested in his leaving aside whatever he feared would be a burden upon his Ummah.

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Even the siwak, which is a means of purification for the mouth and a cause of pleasure for the Lord,

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The Prophet, peace be upon him, feared it would be a burden upon us had he made it mandatory with every prayer.

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So he said:

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“Were it not that I would burden my Ummah—or the people—

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I would have commanded them to use the siwak with every prayer.”

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Narrated by al-Bukhari.

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So from where has this hardship in our practice of this religion come to us?

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It came from our lack of commitment to the ease that the Prophet, peace be upon him, brought,

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And our abandonment of the principles he taught us.

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An example of this is:

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Searching for the poor to give them charity.

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For in this blessed month, the month of Ramadan,

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People strive to distribute their zakat and charities,

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And they search for the poor person who is deserving of zakat.

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So, what are the characteristics of the poor person according to Muslims today?

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And why is it difficult for some to identify the poor?

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Let us look at the method of the Prophet’s, peace be upon him, teaching

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To the Mother of the Believers, ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her,

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Then reflect that upon our reality today,

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To know the answer.

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On the authority of ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, she said:

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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:

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“O ‘Aishah,

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A house that has no dates,

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Its inhabitants are hungry.”

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“O ‘Aishah,

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A house that has no dates, its inhabitants are hungry.”

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He said it twice or thrice.

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Narrated by Muslim.

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Indeed, the Prophet, peace be upon him,

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Establishes for ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her,

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A principle for identifying the poor, hungry person

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Who should be sought out to satisfy their hunger.

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It is the one who does not possess the staple food that the people of their land consume.

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Al-Qurtubi, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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“The Prophet, peace be upon him, only meant by this Medina,

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And those who were in their condition,

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Whose primary food was dates.

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This is because if a house is devoid of the primary food in that location,

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It is even more devoid of anything other than the primary food.

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Thus, its inhabitants go hungry,

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As they find nothing.”

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This statement applies to every land that has only one type of staple,

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Or where one type is the predominant one.

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So it is said of a land that has only wheat:

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“A house that has no wheat, its inhabitants are hungry.”

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This Prophetic guidance to ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her,

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Helps us identify the poor person clearly,

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Without complication or excessive rigor.

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Whoever does not possess the basics of life in their time is poor.

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And in this Prophetic principle,

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Which the Prophet, peace be upon him, taught

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To ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her,

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Is another educational guidance:

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Contentment with one’s provision.

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For the Prophet’s, peace be upon him, statement:

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“A house that has no dates, its inhabitants are hungry,”

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Indicates by the principle of the opposite,

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That a house which has dates, its inhabitants are not hungry.

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And the Prophet, peace be upon him, said it

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To ‘Aishah in another hadith explicitly.

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On the authority of ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her,

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That the Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

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“The inhabitants of a house that has dates do not go hungry.”

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Narrated by Muslim.

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Al-Tibi, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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“I say:

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It can be interpreted as an encouragement toward contentment

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In lands where dates are abundant.

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Meaning, a house that has dates,

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And they are content with them, its inhabitants will not go hungry.

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The hungry one is only he who has no dates.”

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In this is an upbringing for the people of the house,

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Especially the woman,

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To be content with the provision of Allah,

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And not to be discontent,

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Or to turn elsewhere to seek wealth.

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For their possession of what sustains them of food,

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Which is the recognized staple of the land,

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Removes from them the label of ‘the hungry.’

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And it obligates them to thank Allah for His blessing upon them.

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If wealth comes to them without them asking for it,

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Then this is from the expansion of Allah’s bounty upon them.

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Because begging and asking people for charity

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Involves great embarrassment.

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It has been narrated from Qabisah Ibn Mukhariq al-Hilali:

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“I took upon myself a debt,

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So I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

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Asking him about it.

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He said: ‘Stay until the charity comes to us,

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And we will command it to be given to you.’

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O Qabisah,

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Begging is not permissible except for one of three:

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A man who takes upon himself a debt;

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It is permissible for him to beg until he obtains it, then he must stop.

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A man who is struck by a calamity that destroys his wealth;

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It is permissible for him to beg until he obtains a subsistence of life,

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Or he said:

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A sufficiency of life.

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And a man who is struck by poverty,

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Until three men of wisdom from his people say:

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‘So-and-so has been struck by poverty.’

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It is permissible for him to beg until he obtains a subsistence of life,

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Or he said:

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A sufficiency of life.

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Any other begging, O Qabisah, is illicit,

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The one who consumes it consumes what is illicit.”

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Narrated by Muslim.

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Finally,

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This Prophetic guidance to ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her,

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Teaches men the art of managing money in spending on the household.

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The priority of spending should be

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Providing the staple food that brings peace to the souls of the household.

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Then, whatever is in excess of that,

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Spend it on the secondary needs required by the household.

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These are some of the guidelines extracted

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From a short, comprehensive word spoken by the Prophet, peace be upon him:

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“O ‘Aishah,

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A house that has no dates, its inhabitants are hungry.”

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Society benefits from it,

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The family benefits from it,

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And the individual benefits from it in their life.

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So how would our state be

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If we were raised upon the hadiths of the Prophet, peace be upon him,

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And we raised our families upon that,

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And we were keen on reading them and spreading them among the people,

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Especially since they are addressed to us

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By the one whom Allah sent as a mercy to us?

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So shall we resolve to read a book of hadiths during this blessed month,

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Such as the book of Sahih al-Bukhari, for example,

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Or Riyad al-Salihin?

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We will continue in a future meeting, if Allah wills.

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And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

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Our Mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her.