Sahih Hadith 000093

Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah

As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu

16th Ramadan 1435 (14th July 2014)

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

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

came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have been ruined." Allah's Apostle

(Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) asked what was the matter with him. 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 manumit a slave?" He replied in the negative. Allah's Apostle

(Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) asked him, "Can you fast for two successive

months?" He replied in the negative. The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa

Sallam) asked him, "Can you afford to feed sixty poor persons?" He replied

in the negative. The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) kept silent and

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?" He replied, "I (am here)." The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa

Sallam) said (to him), "Take this (basket of dates) and give it in

charity." The man said, "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, 'Feed your family with it."

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