Hadith 7570

Chapter 119

باب 119

(119) باب الْجَعَائِلِ وَالْحُمْلاَنِ فِي السَّبِيلِ

(119) Chapter: The wages given to fight on somebody else's behalf
180
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، حَمَلَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، فَوَجَدَهُ يُبَاعُ، فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَبْتَاعَهُ، فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " لاَ تَبْتَعْهُ، وَلاَ تَعُدْ فِي صَدَقَتِكَ ".

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:
`Umar gave a horse to be used in Allah's Cause, but later on he found it being sold. So, he intended to buy it and asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who said, "Don't buy it and don't take back your gift of charity."

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 2971

In-book reference: Book 56, Hadith 180

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 4, Book 52, Hadith 215