I wanted to clarify a couple of things regarding sadaqah.
I read a long time ago (can't remember which book) that Umar ibnil Khattab radiallahu anhu did not used to eat anything which was sadaqah. Once he did without knowing, when he found out he deliberately vomited.
Is this statement true? If so, what is the reason behind not eating which is sadaqah?
^Bro, I think the incident you're referring to is when he had eaten something that had been bought with unlawful money, not sadaqah.. Lemme just check to make sure.
Nvm, here are two hadiths, one I was mixing up with what you're asking about:
It has been reported that once Sayyidna Abu Bakr drank a little milk given by his female slave and asked her about it. She said : I prophesied to a people who gave it to me for that. Then he thrust the fronts of his fingers into his throat and vomited in such a way that his life was in danger. Then he said Allah, I pray to You for forgiveness of what remains attached to my throat and to my stool. In another narration, it is said that when Rasulullah (sallallaho alaihe wasallam) was informed of it, he said : Don’t you know that Abu Bakr does not allow anything to his belly except lawful food ?
In a similar way, Sayyidna Omar drank the milk,by mistake, of a camel that was belongs to Zakat fund. He thrust his fingers into his throat and vomited it, Sayyida Ayesha said : You are heedless of the best divine service. That is to be safe from eating unlawful food.
Of course, zakat is very different than sadaqah, and is given to prescribed people in prescribed amounts, so anyone who does not have a share in it is forbidden from taking it.
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Allah, I pray to You for forgiveness of what remains attached to my throat and to my stool. In another narration, it is said that when Rasulullah (sallallaho alaihe wasallam) was informed of it, he said : Don’t you know that Abu Bakr does not allow anything to his belly except lawful food ?
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