Sahih al-Bukhari, 2585
sahihNarrated `Aisha:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to accept gifts and used to give something in return.
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْبَلُ الْهَدِيَّةَ وَيُثِيبُ عَلَيْهَا. لَمْ يَذْكُرْ وَكِيعٌ وَمُحَاضِرٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ.
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- In-Book Reference
- Book 51, Hadith 19
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Vol. 3, Book 47, Hadith 758 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
The Prophet ﷺ was the humblest of all people, and a manifestation of such (exemplary) humility was that he ﷺ would accept gifts from his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), regardless of their worth. In this hadeeth, the Mother of the Believers ‘Aa’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) stated that the Prophet ﷺ used to accept gifts from people and never turned down any gift given to him, regardless of its value. In this vein, the Prophet ﷺ said: “I shall accept the gift even if it were an arm or a trotter of a sheep.” [Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim]. This reflected his graciousness and noble moral character as he ﷺ was keen to win people’s hearts. He ﷺ used to accept people’s gifts, no matter how insignificant they may seem, and reward the gift givers with similar or better gifts, acting upon the Islamic etiquette of rewarding acts of kindness in kind, with one better than it or [at least] return it [in a like manner] and so that none should do a favor to the Prophet ﷺ that goes unrewarded. .