#485: What to say upon receiving Gifts
QUESTION
” Is there any special prayer done on gifts received?”
ANSWER
There is nothing reported from the Rasūl – salallāhu alayhi wasallam – in this regard aside the generality of saying Jazakallāhu Khayran
As was reported by At-Tirmidhī from Usāmah Ibn Zayd – radiyallāhu anhuma:
“من صنع إليه معروف فقال لفاعله: جزاك الله خيرا، فقد أبلغ في الثناء
“Whomsoever good was done to and says to the one who does him good: Jazakallahu Khayran, has surely gone an extent in thanking him”
Imām An-Nawawī – rahimahullāh – however in his book Al-Adhkār quoted the Hadīth of Ā’isha that the Rasūl salallāhu alayhi wasallam was given gift of a sheep and he ordered her to share it with the neighbours. she did and gave the Servant the message to share it across them.
She asked the Servant every time he returned: ‘what did they say’?
He said: – they said: Bārakallāhu fīkum
And then she says Wa Fīhim Bārakallāhu
Imām An-Nawawī implies by this that it is Sunnah to say Bārakallāhu fīkum when a gift is given to you.
Allāhu A’alam.
Bārakallāhu fīkum
jazākumullāhu Khayran.
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