How Much Charity Is Too Much?
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas and the Ruling on Charity During the Farewell Pilgrimage
Summary
This lecture discusses a hadith involving Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas during the Prophet Muhammad's Farewell Pilgrimage. Sa'd, a wealthy companion with only one daughter as heir, asked the Prophet about giving away two-thirds of his wealth in charity, leaving one-third for his daughter. The Prophet advised against this, suggesting one-third was sufficient charity while still providing for his heir. The speaker explains that Islamic teachings on charity and wealth are distinct from Western secular ideologies, emphasizing that one's wealth is ultimately a trust from Allah and that close relatives have priority in charity before general charitable giving.
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاه والسلام على رسوله الكريم وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين واشهد ان لا اله الا الله واشهد ان محمدا عبده ورسوله اللهم صل وسلم وبارك على نبينا محمد وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين اما صلى الله عليه وسلم مهاجرين قريش from all now how compion before we comp and compion حديث صلى الله عليه وسلم.
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entir and even before is with him also ابو حم الرازي رحمه الله صلى الله عليه وسلم حج حج جره حج صلى الله عليه وسلم رضي الله عنه سعد بن ابي وقاس سعد بن ابي وقاس صلى الله عليه وسلم سعد بن ابي وقاس في سبيل was 1 of the مسلم ابي وقاس الله عنه عمر رضي الله خفه رضي الله عنه سعد.
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di صلى الله عليه وسلم جاءني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يعودني عام حجه الوداع مع وجع اشتد بي فقلت يا رسول الله اني قد بلغ بي من الوجع ما وانا ذو مال ولا يرثني الا ابنه لي افاتصدق بثلثي مالي ف حين حجه الوداع وتوفي سنه 55 بعد الهجره حجه الوداع سنه تسع في اواخر سنه تسع في حجه الوداع كانت له ابنه واحده فقط ليس له الا ابنه ترثه ليس له من البنين شيء وليس له من الاولاد شيء الا هذه البنت وكان ذا مال يعني كان غنيا ثريا سعد رضي الله عنه ذات محمد صلى الله عليه حج حج صلى الله عليه وسلم was that was death And so the prophet came to visit him. سعد was veryalthy man at this point 55 yeared more0 yearsent was die ander and صلى الله عليه وسلم ander my air air to my fortune so shall i not give her a third and give the remaining two thirds in charityingthd of my fortune and so the حافظ صلى الله عليه وسلم ساد لا نو قلت فالشطر يا رسول الله الشطر يعني النصف الشطر النصف وقد يراد به ما يقارب النصف وقد يراد به منتصف الشيء اذا كان في مجال الجهات فولي وجهك شطر المسجد الحرام يعني نحوه He said what about a third shall I not give away third prop صلى الله عليه وسلم said no and so what about half of my fortune قال فثلث يا رسول الله قال الثلث والثلث كثير او كبير في بعض الروايات يعني الثلث حقك لكن ليس الافضل لكن ليس الافضل هذا ما يفهم من هذه الصيغه الثلث يعني لك الثلث هذا اليك والثلث كثير فعندنا الاسلام والايمان والاحسان الاسلام الثلث الايمان الربع الاحسان الخمس وهو الذي وهو الذي كان يامر به ابو بكر رضي الله عنه في خلافته بعض الناس قد يتعجب من هذا الشيءقول هذه صدقه نعم لكن من اولى الناس بصدقتك هم عيالك واهل بيتك واقاربك بعض الناس قد يظن ان ايتاء ذي القربى من الصدقه يوهن من اجل الصدقه وليس الامر كذلك بل هم اولى الناس باحسانك And so what about my solary have 13 is acceptable but still aot a third is acceptable but still a lot meaning.
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ondes away more in will more third is not to.
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اني جاعل في الارض خليفه another resources one another in stat inysical traits financial standing etc and so thisalth no longer belongs to me as soon as a person falls enough to be on the and more.
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ابو بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه الغنيمه الله سبحانه وتعالى ابو بكر الصديق الا يرضى العبد بما رضي الله لنفسه.
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amors this is ch that be him and the and 13 of his leaving behind upon his death bed. We have this idea in our culture which got from western cultures from nonmlim cultures from cultures made up of ideologies not incorporating belief in Allah in the last day in which my money is m it belongs to me I earned my body can ultraalism kind of all lically fl of all this has nothing to do with a into the and so youl say to their for you will you will الله سبحانه وى.
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I can write into myerica more often a lot of people think right this is not part of Islam at all this is actually considered to be a major sin in islam rather الله سبحانه وتالى.
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Expectation ان شاء الله والله اعلم وصلى الله وسلم على نبينا محمد وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين والحمد لله رب العالمين وجزاكم الله خيرا.