A hadith about three people who call upon Allah but are not answered
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Question : May Allah keep you safe. This questioner says: Al-Hakim narrated from Abu Musa that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan al-Bayhaqi 18:5 And a man came to a fool with his wealth. And Allah the Exalted said: [An-Nisa 4:5] Some scholars have authenticated this hadith. What is the meaning of this hadith, and what is your guidance regarding it?
Answer : Our guidance regarding it is that this hadith is not authentic. Because the one who has a wife of bad character should raise her and treat her well, as long as the bad character is not in her chastity. If the bad character is in her chastity, then leaving her in that state is a form of effeminacy, and may Allah protect us from that. But if the bad character is that she is quick to anger, slow in her work, or the like of that, then it may be good to purify her and raise her. As for the one who sold something and did not have witnesses, this is also not correct. Here is the Bedouin who sold his horse to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) without witnesses. The story is well known: a Bedouin sold a horse to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for a price. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, "Follow me so I can give you the price." Some people came to him who did not know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had bought it, and they increased the price. The Bedouin said, "Are you increasing the price?" because it had been increased for him initially. He said, "You have already sold it to me." He said, "You have already sold it to me." The Bedouin said to him, "Do you have anyone to witness?" And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had not had anyone witness it. So Khuzaymah ibn Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said, "I bear witness, O Messenger of Allah, that he sold it to you for such and such," as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, "How do you bear witness when you were not present at the contract?" He said, "O Messenger of Allah, do we not believe you in news from the sky, but do we not believe you in news from the earth? I bear witness to that by your saying, and we now bear witness that the Messenger bought it for what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, or that he did not buy it? We bear witness that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) bought it for the price that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set." So you see that this contract did not have witnesses.
As for the third, which is giving wealth to fools, there is no doubt that giving wealth to fools is foolishness, and Allah has forbidden it in His saying:[An-Nisa 4:5] But it does not reach the level of this warning.
Three people call upon Allah but are not answered: a man who had a wife of bad character and did not divorce her, and a man
ثلاثة يدعون الله فلا يستجاب لهم رجل كانت تحته امرأة سيئة الخلق فلم يطلقها، ورجلAnd do not give the weak-minded your property
وَلَا تُؤْتُوا السُّفَهَاءَ أَمْوَالَكُمُAnswer : Our guidance regarding it is that this hadith is not authentic. Because the one who has a wife of bad character should raise her and treat her well, as long as the bad character is not in her chastity. If the bad character is in her chastity, then leaving her in that state is a form of effeminacy, and may Allah protect us from that. But if the bad character is that she is quick to anger, slow in her work, or the like of that, then it may be good to purify her and raise her. As for the one who sold something and did not have witnesses, this is also not correct. Here is the Bedouin who sold his horse to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) without witnesses. The story is well known: a Bedouin sold a horse to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for a price. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, "Follow me so I can give you the price." Some people came to him who did not know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had bought it, and they increased the price. The Bedouin said, "Are you increasing the price?" because it had been increased for him initially. He said, "You have already sold it to me." He said, "You have already sold it to me." The Bedouin said to him, "Do you have anyone to witness?" And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had not had anyone witness it. So Khuzaymah ibn Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said, "I bear witness, O Messenger of Allah, that he sold it to you for such and such," as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, "How do you bear witness when you were not present at the contract?" He said, "O Messenger of Allah, do we not believe you in news from the sky, but do we not believe you in news from the earth? I bear witness to that by your saying, and we now bear witness that the Messenger bought it for what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, or that he did not buy it? We bear witness that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) bought it for the price that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set." So you see that this contract did not have witnesses.
As for the third, which is giving wealth to fools, there is no doubt that giving wealth to fools is foolishness, and Allah has forbidden it in His saying:
And do not give the weak-minded your property, which Allah has made a means of sustenance for you
وَلَا تُؤْتُوا السُّفَهَاءَ أَمْوَالَكُمُ الَّتِي جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ قِيَامًا
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[12 من 31] حديث ثلاثة يدعون الله فلا يستجيب لهم - الشيخ ابن عثيمين - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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