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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "It is sufficient for a person to be a sinner that he neglects the one who depends on him for sustenance"?

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The questioner : He says:The questioner : Could you please clarify, O Shaykh, the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him):
It is sufficient sin for a man that he كفى بالمرء إثما أن يضِيع
Sunan Abi Dawud 1692Hasan (Al-Albani)
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The Shaykh :
that he neglects أن يضيَّع


The questioner :
that he neglects the one he supports أن يضيَّع من يعول
Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 48:261
؟

The Shaykh : In my understanding, the hadith is about "the one who depends on him for sustenance"
It is sufficient sin for a man that he neglects him whom he maintains. كفى بالمرء إثما أن يضيع من يقوت
Sunan Abi Dawud 1692Hasan (Al-Albani)
, meaning that it is a great sin for a person to neglect the one who depends on him for sustenance, whether that is a human being or another animal. Listen to the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "A woman was punished in Hell because of a cat which she had confined until it died. She did not give it to eat or to drink when it was confined, nor did she free it so that it might eat the vermin of the earth." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] عذبت امراة في هرة حبستها لا هي أطعمتها حين حبستها ولا هي أرسلتها تأكل من خشاش الأرض
Riyad as-Salihin 1600
Every person who neglects the one who requires his sustenance, whether a human or an animal, is sinful, and it is obligatory for him to provide for his sustenance. Yes.

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Source alathar.net

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