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Riyad as-Salihin, 593

'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:

Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) had a slave who brought him his earnings and Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) would eat from it. One day he brought him something and when Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) had eaten some of it, the slave asked him whether he knew where he had got that (food) from, Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) asked what it was, and he replied: I acted as a soothsayer for a man in the pre-Islamic period, and not being good at it, I deceived him; today he met me and he rewarded me for that soothsaying what you have eaten. Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) put his hand in his mouth and vomited up all that he had eaten. <b>[Al- Bukhari]</b>.

وعن عائشة رضي الله عنها، قالت‏:‏ كان لأبي بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه غلام يخرج له الخراج وكان أبو بكر يأكل من خراجه فجاء يوماً بشئ، فأكل منه أبو بكر، فقال له الغلام‏:‏ تدرى ما هذا‏؟‏ فقال أبو بكر‏:‏ ما هو‏؟‏ قال‏:‏ كنت تكهنت لإنسان فى الجاهلية وما أحسن الكهانة إلا أني خدعته فلقيني، فأعطاني بذلك هذا الذى أكلت منه، فأدخل أبو بكر يده فقاء كل شئ فى بطنه” ‏(‏‏(‏رواه البخاري‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

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Introduction, Hadith 593
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br> 1) The wage of soothsaying is ill-gotten money, whether the soothsayer is good at this work or not. The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the earning of soothsayers. The wage for doing something unlawful is also unlawful.<br> 2) It shows how perfectly God-fearing Abu Bakr was (may Allah be pleased with him) and his keenness not to let any doubtful thing into his body. How far from this is the one who eats along with his household earnings that are known for certain to be unlawful, like Riba (usurious interest)!
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