538 – Sālim b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmar narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him):

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to allot a stipend to ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb. ʿUmar would say, ‘Give it to someone poorer than I.’ The Prophet ﷺ would reply, ‘Take it; treat it as part of your wealth, or give it away in charity. Whatever portion of this money reaches you while you have neither set your sights on it nor asked for it—accept it. But anything else, do not let your soul run after it.’ ”

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Vocabulary in the ḥadīth
• al-ʿaṭāʾ: the ʿamāla, i.e., remuneration for work performed.
• afqar minnī: comparative form meaning “poorer than I.”
• fatamawwalahu (with an open tāʾ and mīm and a doubled wāw): consider it part of your property even if you have no present need to spend it.
• anta ghayru mushrif (mīm ḍammah, shīn sukūn, rāʾ kasrah): “when you are not eagerly seeking it”; the phrase is a circumstantial clause, hence in the accusative position.
• wa mā lā…: that is, whatever does not meet this condition—wealth that reaches you only when your heart inclines toward it—do not pursue it; the explanatory clause is omitted because the context makes it clear.
• falā tutbiʿhu nafsaka: from tabaʿa / yatbaʿu, meaning “do not attach your soul to obtaining it; leave it be.”

Points derived from the ḥadīth
1 – The report addresses what the ruler grants and the wages paid to public employees, dealing with cases where a person is given wealth from