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“Tallahū,” with the letter tā (not ṭāʾ), means “he placed it.” The boy mentioned was Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with them both).

575 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “While Job عليه السلام was bathing unclothed, a swarm of golden locusts fell upon him. Job began gathering them into his garment, whereupon his Lord—Majestic and Exalted—called to him: ‘O Job, have I not made you rich enough to dispense with what you see?’ He replied, ‘Indeed, by Your might, but I can never do without Your blessing.’” (1) Narrated by al-Bukhārī.

64 – Chapter: The Merit of the Thankful Rich Person

This is the one who earns wealth through lawful means and spends it in the ways that have been commanded.

Allah the Exalted says: “As for the one who gives and is mindful of Allah, and affirms the best promise, We shall ease him toward ease.” (Al-Layl 92:5-7)

He also says: “But the truly God-fearing will be kept far from it—those who give their wealth to purify themselves, seeking nothing in return from anyone, but only the Face of their Lord Most High—and surely they will be satisfied.” (Al-Layl 92:17-21)

And He says: “If you make your charity public—how excellent it is! But if you conceal it and give it to the poor, that is better for you, and He will atone for some of your sins. Allah is fully aware of what you do.” (Al-Baqarah 2:271)

And He says: “You will never attain righteousness until you spend out of that which you love; and whatever you spend, Allah surely knows it.” (Āl ʿImrān 3:92)

The verses extolling the virtue of spending in acts of obedience are many and well-known.

so the correct approach is to delete the phrase “after the one who began” and to leave the chapter heading free of that restriction, following the Prophet’s—peace be upon him—general wording in Ibn Abbas’s report: “the right side, the right side.” Beginning with that person does not conflict with the general rule, as we have already explained. Other considerations also support this generality, which some readers may notice, but this is not the place to discuss them. — N. (1) Hafiz Ibn Hajar writes in Fath al-Bari 6/421: “The hadith permits eagerness to increase lawful wealth for one who trusts himself to show gratitude for it; it labels the wealth obtained from such a source as baraka (blessing), and it highlights the virtue of the grateful wealthy person.”

« تَلَّهُ » بالتاء المثناة فوق : أي وَضَعَهُ . وَهَذَا الْغُلَامُ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا . ٥٧٥ - وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه ، عن النبي ﷺ قال : « بَيْنَا أَيُّوبُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَغْتَسِلُ عُرْيَانًا ، فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِ جَرَادٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ ، فَجَعَلَ أَيُّوبُ يَحْثِي فِي ثَوْبِهِ ، فَنَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ : يَا أَيُّوبُ ، أَلَمْ أَكُنْ أَغْنَيْتُكَ عَمَّا تَرَى ؟ ! قَالَ : بَلَى وَعِزَّتِكَ وَلَكِنْ لَا غِنَى بِي عَنْ بَرَكَتِكَ » (١) رواه البخاري . ٦٤ - باب فضل الغني الشاكر وهو من أخذ المال من وجهه وصرفه في وجهه المأمور بها قال الله تعالى : ﴿ فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَأَتْقَى * وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَى * فَسَيُسْرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى ﴾ [ الليل : ٥ - ٧ ] وقال تعالى : ﴿ وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا الْأَتْقَى * الَّذِي يُؤْتِي مَالَهُ يَتَزَكَّى * وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِنْدَهُ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ تُجْزَى * إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ الْأَعْلَى * وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَى ﴾ [ الليل : ١٧ - ٢١ ] وقال تعالى : ﴿ إِنْ تُبْدُوا الصَّدَقَاتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَ وَإِنْ تُخْفُوهَا وَتُؤْتُوهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنْكُمْ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ ﴾ [ البقرة : ٢٧١ ] وقال تعالى : ﴿ لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّى تُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ بِهِ عَلِيمٌ ﴾ [ آل عمران : ٩٢ ] والآيات في فضل الإنفاق في الطاعات كثيرة معلومة .

= فالصواب أن يحذف منه قوله فيه : « بعد المبتدئ » ، ويترك الباب مطلقاً من هذا القيد اتباعاً لعموم قوله ﷺ في حديث ابن عباس : « الأيمن فالأيمن » ، وعدم منافاة البدء به لعمومه كما ذكرنا ، وهناك أمور أخرى تؤيد العموم ، وقد ينتبه البعض لها ، ولا مجال لذكرها الآن - ن - . (١) وقال الحافظ ابن حجر في « فتح الباري » ٦/٤٢١ : وفي الحديث جواز الحرص على الاستكثار من الحلال ، في حق من وثق من نفسه بالشكر عليه ، وفيه تسمية المال الذي يكون من هذه الجهة : بركة وفيه فضل الغني الشاكر .