Sunan Abi Dawud · Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai Wal-Imarah)
باب فِي الإِمَامِ يَقْبَلُ هَدَايَا الْمُشْرِكِينَ
Chapter: Regarding The Imam Accepting Gifts From Idolaters.
3 hadith · references 3055–3057
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Abu Dawud · 3055أَبْشِرْ فَقَدْ جَاءَكَ اللَّهُ بِقَضَائِكَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : أَلَمْ تَرَ الرَّكَائِبَ الْمُنَاخَاتِ الأَرْبَعَ ، فَقُلْتُ : بَلَى فَقَالَ : إِنَّ لَكَ رِقَابَهُنَّ وَمَا عَلَيْهِنَّ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِنَّ كِسْوَةً وَطَعَامًاNarrated Abdullah al-Hawzani: I met Bilal, the muadhdhin of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at Aleppo, and said: Bilal, tell me, what was the financial position of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: He had nothing. It was I who6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3056حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ ، بِمَعْنَى إِسْنَادِ أَبِي تَوْبَةَ وَحَدِيثِهِ ، قَالَ : عِنْدَ قَوْلِهِ مَا يَقْضِي عَنِّي فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي رَسُولُThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Muawiyah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect as narrated by Abu Taubah. This version has “I have nothing to pay from me. The Messenger of A3 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3057أَسْلَمْتَ ، فَقُلْتُ : لَا ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :Narrated Iyad ibn Himar: I presented a she-camel to the Prophet ﷺ. He asked: Have you embraced Islam? I replied: No. The Prophet ﷺ said: I have been prohibited to accept the present of polytheists.6 narrators