Gifts
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2634
أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَوْ مَنَحَهَا إِيَّاهُ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ عَلَيْهَا أَجْرًا مَعْلُومًا
amā innah law manaḥahā iyyāhu kāna khayran lah min an yaʾkhudha ʿalayhā ajran maʿlūman
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Narrated Tawus:That he was told by the most learned one amongst them (i.e. Ibn `Abbas) that the Prophet (ﷺ) went towards some land which was flourishing with vegetation and asked to whom it belonged. He was told that such and such a person took it on rent. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It would have been better (for the owner) if he had given it to him gratis rather than charging him a fixed rent
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Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 2634
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