Ibn 'Umar said, "'Umar saw a silk robe for sale. He said, 'Messenger
of Allah, would you buy this robe and wear it on Jumu'a and when delegations
visit you?' He replied, 'Only a person who has no portion in the Next World
could wear this.' Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, was given some robes made of the same material. He sent one of
the robes to 'Umar. 'Umar exclaimed, 'How can I wear it when you said what
you said about it?' The Prophet replied, 'I did not give it to you so that
you could wear it. You can sell it or give it to someone.' 'Umar sent it
to one of his half-brothers by his mother who was still an idolater." (see
26)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ حَكِيمَ بْنَ حِزَامٍ أَخْبَرَهُ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: أَرَأَيْتَ أُمُورًا كُنْتُ أَتَحَنَّثُ بِهَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، مِنْ صِلَةٍ، وَعَتَاقَةٍ، وَصَدَقَةٍ، فَهَلْ لِي فِيهَا أَجْرٌ؟ قَالَ حَكِيمٌ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: أَسْلَمْتَ عَلَى مَا سَلَفَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ.
Hakim ibn Hizam said to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, "Do you think that the acts of worship which I used to do in the time
of the Jahiliyya - maintaining relations with relatives, setting
slaves free and sadaqa - will bring me a reward?" Hakim said
that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
"When you become Muslim, you keep the good actions you have already done."
Jubayr ibn Mut'im said that he heard 'Umar ibn al-Khattab say on the
minbar, "Learn your lineages so that you can maintain ties of kinship. By
Allah, if there are some bad feelings between a man and his brother and he
knows that there is kinship between him and that man, that will prevent him
from breaking with him."
Al-Bara' said, "A bedouin came and said, 'Prophet of Allah! Teach me
an action which will enable me to enter the Garden.' He said, "The question
is a broad one, even though you have asked it in only a few words. Free someone.
Set a slave free.' He said, 'Are they not the same thing?' 'No,' he replied,
'Freeing someone is setting someone free yourself. Setting a slave free is
to contribute to the price of setting him free. Lend an animal for milking
which has a lot of milk and treat your relatives kindly. If you cannot do
that, then command the good and forbid the bad. If you cannot do that, then
restrain your tongue from everything except what is good."
