Obligatory Charity Tax
(Zakat)
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 484:
Narrated Jarir bin 'Abdullah ,
I gave the pledge of allegiance to the
Prophet for offering prayer perfectly giving Zakat and giving
good advice to every Muslim.
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 485:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "(On the Day of
Resurrection) camels will come to their owner in the best state
of health they have ever had (in the world), and if he had not
paid their Zakat (in the world) then they would tread him with
their feet; and similarly, sheep will come to their owner in the
best state of health they have ever had in the world, and if he
had not paid their Zakat, then they would tread him with their
hooves and would butt him with their horns." The Prophet added,
"One of their rights is that they should be milked while water
is kept in front of them." The Prophet added, "I do not want
anyone of you to come to me on the Day of Resurrection, carrying
over his neck a sheep that will be bleating. Such a person will
(then) say, 'O Muhammad! (please intercede for me,) I will say
to him. 'I can't help you, for I conveyed Allah's Message to
you.' Similarly, I do not want anyone of you to come to me
carrying over his neck a camel that will be grunting. Such a
person (then) will say "O Muhammad! (please intercede for me)."
I will say to him, "I can't help you for I conveyed Allah's
message to you."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 486:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever is made
wealthy by Allah and does not pay the Zakat of his wealth, then
on the Day of Resurrection his wealth will be made like a
bald-headed poisonous male snake with two black spots over the
eyes. The snake will encircle his neck and bite his cheeks and
say, 'I am your wealth, I am your treasure.' " Then the Prophet
recited the holy verses:-- 'Let not those who withhold . . .'
(to the end of the verse). (3.180).
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 487:
Narrated Abu Said:
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "No
Zakat is due on property mounting to less than five Uqiyas (of
silver), and no Zakat is due on less than five camels, and there
is no Zakat on less than five Wasqs." (A Wasqs equals 60 Sa's) &
(1 Sa=3 K gms App.)
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 488:
Narrated Zaid bin Wahab:
I passed by a place called Ar-Rabadha
and by chance I met Abu Dhar and asked him, "What has brought
you to this place?" He said, "I was in Sham and differed with
Muawiya on the meaning of (the following verses of the Quran):
'They who hoard up gold and silver and spend them not in the way
of Allah.' (9.34). Muawiya said, 'This verse is revealed
regarding the people of the scriptures." I said, It was revealed
regarding us and also the people of the scriptures." So we had a
quarrel and Mu'awiya sent a complaint against me to 'Uthman.
'Uthman wrote to me to come to Medina, and I came to Medina.
Many people came to me as if they had not seen me before. So I
told this to 'Uthman who said to me, "You may depart and live
nearby if you wish." That was the reason for my being here for
even if an Ethiopian had been nominated as my ruler, I would
have obeyed him .
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 489:
Narrated Al-Ahnaf bin Qais:
While I was sitting with some people
from Quraish, a man with very rough hair, clothes, and
appearance came and stood in front of us, greeted us and said,
"Inform those who hoard wealth, that a stone will be heated in
the Hell-fire and will be put on the nipples of their breasts
till it comes out from the bones of their shoulders and then put
on the bones of their shoulders till it comes through the
nipples of their breasts the stone will be moving and hitting."
After saying that, the person retreated and sat by the side of
the pillar, I followed him and sat beside him, and I did not
know who he was. I said to him, "I think the people disliked
what you had said." He said, "These people do not understand
anything, although my friend told me." I asked, "Who is your
friend?" He said, "The Prophet said (to me), 'O Abu Dhar! Do you
see the mountain of Uhud?' And on that I (Abu Dhar) started
looking towards the sun to judge how much remained of the day as
I thought that Allah's Apostle wanted to send me to do something
for him and I said, 'Yes!' He said, 'I do not love to have gold
equal to the mountain of Uhud unless I spend it all (in Allah's
cause) except three Dinars (pounds). These people do not
understand and collect worldly wealth. No, by Allah, Neither I
ask them for worldly benefits nor am I in need of their
religious advice till I meet Allah, The Honorable, The
Majestic." '
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 490:
Narrated Ibn Masud:
I heard the Prophet saying, "There is
no envy except in two: a person whom Allah has given wealth and
he spends it in the right way, and a person whom Allah has given
wisdom (i.e. religious knowledge) and he gives his decisions
accordingly and teaches it to the others."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 491:
Narrated Abu Huraira
Allah's Apostle said, "If one give in
charity what equals one date-fruit fro the honestly-earned money
and Allah accepts only the honestly earned money --Allah takes
it in His right (hand) ar then enlarges its reward for that
person (who has given it), as anyone of you brings up his baby
horse, so much s that it becomes as big as a mountain
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 492:
Narrated Haritha bin Wahab :
I heard the Prophet saying, "O people!
Give in charity as a time will come upon you when a person will
wander about with his object of charity and will not find
anybody to accept it, and one (who will be requested to take it)
will say, "If you had brought it yesterday, would have taken it,
but to-day I am not in need of it."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 493:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "The Hour (Day of
Judgment) will not be established till your wealth increases so
much so that one will be worried, for no one will accept his
Zakat and the person to whom he will give it will reply, 'I am
not in need of it.' "
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 494:
Narrated 'Adi bin Hatim:
While I was sitting with Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) two person came to him; one of them complained
about his poverty and the other complained about the prevalence
of robberies. Allah's Apostle said, "As regards stealing and
robberies, there will shortly come a time when a caravan will go
to Mecca (from Medina) without any guard. And regarding poverty,
The Hour (Day of Judgment) will not be established till one of
you wanders about with his object of charity and will not find
anybody to accept it And (no doubt) each one of you will stand
in front of Allah and there will be neither a curtain nor an
interpreter between him and Allah, and Allah will ask him, 'Did
not I give you wealth?' He will reply in the affirmative. Allah
will further ask, 'Didn't I send a messenger to you?' And again
that person will reply in the affirmative Then he will look to
his right and he will see nothing but Hell-fire, and then he
will look to his left and will see nothing but Hell-fire. And
so, any (each one) of you should save himself from the fire even
by giving half of a date-fruit (in charity). And if you do not
find a half date-fruit, then (you can do it through saying) a
good pleasant word (to your brethren). (See Hadith No. 793 Vol.
4).
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 495:
Narrated Abu Musa:
Thy Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "A time
will come upon the people when a person will wander about with
gold as Zakat and will not find anybody to accept it, and one
man will be seen followed by forty women to be their guardian
because of scarcity of men and great number of women. "
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 496:
Narrated Abu Masud:
When the verses of charity were
revealed, we used to work as porters. A man came and distributed
objects of charity in abundance. And they (the people) said, "He
is showing off." And another man came and gave a sa (a small
measure of food grains); they said, "Allah is not in need of
this small amount of charity." And then the Divine Inspiration
came: "Those who criticize such of the believers who give in
charity voluntarily and those who could not find to give in
charity except what is available to them." (9.79).
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 497:
Narrated Abu Masud Al-Ansar:
Whenever Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)
ordered us to give in charity, we used to go to the market and
work as porters and get a Mudd (a special measure of grain) and
then give it in charity. (Those were the days of poverty) and
to-day some of us have one hundred thousand.
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 498:
Narrated 'Adi bin Hatim heard the
Prophet saying:
"Save yourself from Hell-fire even by
giving half a date-fruit in charity."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 499:
Narrated Aisha:
A lady along with her two daughters
came to me asking (for some alms), but she found nothing with me
except one date which I gave to her and she divided it between
her two daughters, and did not eat anything herself, and then
she got up and went away. Then the Prophet came in and I
informed him about this story. He said, "Whoever is put to trial
by these daughters and he treats them generously (with
benevolence) then these daughters will act as a shield for him
from Hell-Fire." (See Hadith No. 24, Vol. 8).
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 500:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to the Prophet and asked, "O
Allah's Apostle! Which charity is the most superior in reward?"
He replied, "The charity which you practice while you are
healthy, niggardly and afraid of poverty and wish to become
wealthy. Do not delay it to the time of approaching death and
then say, 'Give so much to such and such, and so much to such
and such.' And it has already belonged to such and such (as it
is too late)."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 501:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Some of the wives of the Prophet asked
him, "Who amongst us will be the first to follow you (i.e. die
after you)?" He said, "Whoever has the longest hand." So they
started measuring their hands with a stick and Sauda's hand
turned out to be the longest. (When Zainab bint Jahsh died first
of all in the caliphate of 'Umar), we came to know that the long
hand was a symbol of practicing charity, so she was the first to
follow the Prophet and she used to love to practice charity.
(Sauda died later in the caliphate of Muawiya).
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 502:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "A man
said that he would give something in charity. He went out with
his object of charity and unknowingly gave it to a thief. Next
morning the people said that he had given his object of charity
to a thief. (On hearing that) he said, "O Allah! All the praises
are for you. I will give alms again." And so he again went out
with his alms and (unknowingly) gave it to an adulteress. Next
morning the people said that he had given his alms to an
adulteress last night. The man said, "O Allah! All the praises
are for you. (I gave my alms) to an adulteress. I will give alms
again." So he went out with his alms again and (unknowingly)
gave it to a rich person. (The people) next morning said that he
had given his alms to a wealthy person. He said, "O Allah! All
the praises are for you. (I had given alms) to a thief, to an
adulteress and to a wealthy man." Then someone came and said to
him, "The alms which you gave to the thief, might make him
abstain from stealing, and that given to the adulteress might
make her abstain from illegal sexual intercourse (adultery), and
that given to the wealthy man might make him take a lesson from
it and spend his wealth which Allah has given him, in Allah's
cause."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 503:
Narrated Ma'n bin Yazid:
My grandfather, my father and I gave
the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle. The Prophet got me
engaged and then got me married. One day I went to the Prophet
with a complaint. My father Yazid had taken some gold coins for
charity and kept them with a man in the mosque (to give them to
the poor) But I went and took them and brought them to him (my
father). My father said, "By Allah! I did not intend to give
them to you. " I took (the case) to Allah's Apostle . On that
Allah's Apostle said, "O Yazid! You will be rewarded for what
you intended. O Man! Whatever you have taken is yours."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 504:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Seven
people will be shaded by Allah under His shade on the day when
there will be no shade except His. They are:
(1) a just ruler;
(2) a young man who has been brought up
in the worship of Allah, (i.e. worship Allah (Alone) sincerely
from his childhood),
(3) a man whose heart is attached to
the mosque (who offers the five compulsory congregational
prayers in the mosque);
(4) two persons who love each other
only for Allah's sake and they meet and part in Allah's cause
only;
(5) a man who refuses the call of a
charming woman of noble birth for an illegal sexual intercourse
with her and says: I am afraid of Allah;
(6) a person who practices charity so
secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand
has given (i.e. nobody knows how much he has given in charity).
(7) a person who remembers Allah in
seclusion and his eyes get flooded with tears."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 505:
Narrated Haritha bin Wahab Al-Khuza'i:
I heard the Prophet (p.b.u.h) saying,
"(O people!) Give in charity (for Allah's cause) because a time
will come when a person will carry his object of charity from
place to place (and he will not find any person to take it) and
any person whom he shall request to take it, I will reply, 'If
you had brought it yesterday I would have taken it, but today I
am not
in need of it."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 506:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle said, "When a woman
gives in charity some of the foodstuff (which she has in her
house) without spoiling it, she will receive the reward for what
she has spent, and her husband will receive the reward because
of his earning, and the storekeeper will also have a reward
similar to it. The reward of one will not decrease the reward of
the others . "
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 507:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "The best
charity is that which is practiced by a wealthy person. And
start giving first to your dependents."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 508:
Narrated Hakim bin Hizam
The Prophet said, "The upper hand is
better than the lower hand (i.e. he who gives in charity is
better than him who takes it). One should start giving first to
his dependents. And the best object of charity is that which is
given by a wealthy person (from the money which is left after
his expenses). And whoever abstains from asking others for some
financial help, Allah will give him and save him from asking
others, Allah will make him self-sufficient."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 509:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
I heard Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) while
he was on the pulpit speaking about charity, to abstain from
asking others for some financial help and about begging others,
saying, "The upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper
hand is that of the giver and the lower (hand) is that of the
beggar."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 510:
Narrated 'Uqba bin Al-Harith:
Once the Prophet offered the 'Asr
prayer and then hurriedly went to his house and returned
immediately. I (or somebody else) asked him (as to what was the
matter) and he said, "I left at home a piece of gold which was
from the charity and I disliked to let it remain a night in my
house, so I got it distributed . "
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 511:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet went out for the 'Id prayer
on the 'Id day and offered a two Rakat prayer; and he neither
offered a prayer before it or after it. Then he went towards the
women along with Bilal. He preached them and ordered them to
give in charity. And some (amongst the women) started giving
their fore-arm bangles and ear-rings.
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 512:
Narrated Abu Burda bin Abu Musa:
that his father said, "Whenever a
beggar came to Allah's Apostle or he was asked for something, he
used to say (to his companions), "Help and recommend him and you
will receive the reward for it; and Allah will bring about what
He will through His Prophet's tongue."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 513:
Narrated Asma:
The Prophet said to me, "Do not
withhold your money, (for if you did so) Allah would with-hold
His blessings from you."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 514:
Narrated 'Abda:
T he Prophet said, "Do not with-hold
your money by counting it (i.e. hoarding it), (for if you did
so), Allah would also with-hold His blessings from you."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 515:
Narrated Asma' bint Abu Bakr:
that she had gone to the Prophet and he
said, "Do not shut your money bag; otherwise Allah too will
with-hold His blessings from you. Spend (in Allah's Cause) as
much as you can afford. "
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 516:
Narrated Abu Wail:
Hudhaifa said, "'Umar said, 'Who
amongst you remembers the statement of Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)
about afflictions'?' I said, 'I know it as the Prophet had said
it.' 'Umar said, 'No doubt, you are bold. How did he say it?' I
said, 'A man's afflictions (wrong deeds) concerning his wife,
children and neighbors are expiated by (his) prayers, charity,
and enjoining good.' (The sub-narrator Sulaiman added that he
said, 'The prayer, charity, enjoining good and forbidding
evil.') 'Umar said, 'I did not mean that, but I ask about that
affliction which will spread like the waves of the sea.' I said,
'O chief of the believers! You need not be afraid of it as there
is a closed door between you and it.' He asked, 'Will the door
be broken or opened?' I replied, 'No, it will be broken.' He
said, 'Then, if it is broken, it will never be closed again?' I
replied, 'Yes.' " Then we were afraid to ask what that door was,
so we asked Masruq to inquire, and he asked Hudhaifa regarding
it. Hudhaifa said, "The door was 'Umar. "We further asked
Hudhaifa whether 'Umar knew what that door meant. Hudhaifa
replied in the affirmative and added, "He knew it as one knows
that there will be a night before the tomorrow morning."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 517:
Narrated Hakim bin Hizam:
I said to Allah's Apostle, "Before
embracing Islam I used to do good deeds like giving in charity,
slave-manumitting, and the keeping of good relations with Kith
and kin. Shall I be rewarded for those deeds?" The Prophet
replied, "You became Muslim with all those good deeds (Without
losing their reward)."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 518:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle said, "When a woman
gives in charity from her husband's meals without wasting the
property of her husband, she will get a reward for it, and her
husband too will get a reward for what he earned and the
store-keeper will have the reward likewise."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 519:
Narrated Abu Musa :
The Prophet said, "An honest Muslim
store-keeper who carries out the orders of his master and pays
fully what he has been ordered to give with a good heart and
pays to that person to whom he was ordered to pay, is regarded
as one of the two charitable persons."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 520:
Narrate Aisha :
The Prophet said, "If a woman gives in
charity from her husband's house .." The Prophet (p.b.u.h) also
said, "If a lady gives meals (in charity) from her husband's
house without spoiling her husband's property, she will get a
reward and her husband will also get a reward likewise. The
husband will get a reward because of his earnings and the woman
because of her spending."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 521:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet said, "When a woman gives
in charity from her house meals in Allah's Cause without
spoiling her husband's property, she will get a reward for it,
and her husband will also get the reward for his earnings and
the storekeeper will get a reward likewise."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 522:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
The Prophet said, "Every day two angels
come down from Heaven and one of them says, 'O Allah! Compensate
every person who spends in Your Cause,' and the other (angel)
says, 'O Allah! Destroy every miser.' "
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 523:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
The Prophet said, "The example of a
miser and an alms-giver is like the example of two persons
wearing iron cloaks." Allah's Apostle also said, "The example of
an alms-giver and a miser is like the example of two persons who
have two iron cloaks on them from their breasts to their collar
bones, and when the alms-giver wants to give in charity, the
cloak becomes capacious till it covers his whole body to such an
extent that it hides his fingertips and covers his footprints
(obliterates his tracks). (1) And when the miser wants to spend,
it (the iron cloak) sticks and every ring gets stuck to its
place and he tries to widen it, but it did not become wide.
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 524:
Narrated Abu Burda:
from his father from his grandfather
that the Prophet said, "Every Muslim has to give in charity."
The people asked, "O Allah's Prophet! If someone has nothing to
give, what will he do?" He said, "He should work with his hands
and benefit himself and also give in charity (from what he
earns)." The people further asked, "If he cannot find even
that?" He replied, "He should help the needy who appeal for
help." Then the people asked, "If he cannot do that?" He
replied, "Then he should perform good deeds and keep away from
evil deeds and this will be regarded as charitable deeds."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 525:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
A sheep was sent to me (Nusaiba
Al-Ansariya) (in charity) and I sent some of it to 'Aisha. The
Prophet asked 'Aisha for something to eat. 'Aisha replied that
there was nothing except what Nusaiba Al-Ansariya had sent of
that sheep. The Prophet said to her, "Bring it as it has reached
its place."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 526:
Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri :
Allah's Apostle said, "There is no
Zakat on less than five camels and also there is no Zakat on
less than five Awaq (of silver). (5 Awaq = 22 Fransa Riyals of
Yamen or 200 Dirhams.) And there is no Zakat on less than five
Awsuq. (A special measure of food-grains, and one Wasq equals 60
Sa's.) (For gold 20, Dinars i.e. equal to 12 Guinea English. No
Zakat for less than 12 Guinea (English) of gold or for silver
less than 22 Fransa Riyals of Yamen.)
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 527:
Narrated Abi Sa'id Al-Khudri :
I heard the Prophet saying (as
above--No. 526 ..)
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 528:
Narrated Anas:
Abu Bakr wrote to me what Allah had
instructed His Apostle (p.b.u.h) to do regarding the one who had
to pay one Bint Makhad (i.e. one year-old she-camel) as Zakat,
and he did not have it but had got Bint Labun (two year old
she-camel). (He wrote that) it could be accepted from him as
Zakat, and the collector of Zakat would return him 20 Dirhams or
two sheep; and if the Zakat payer had not a Bint Makhad, but he
had Ibn Labun (a two year old he-camel) then it could be
accepted as his Zakat, but he would not be paid anything .
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 529:
Narrated Ibn Abbas :
I am a witness that Allah's Apostle
offered the Id prayer before delivering the sermon and then he
thought that the women would not be able to hear him (because of
the distance), so he went to them along with Bilal who was
spreading his garment. The Prophet advised and ordered them to
give in charity. So the women started giving their ornaments (in
charity). (The sub-narrator Aiyub pointed towards his ears and
neck meaning that they gave ornaments from those places such as
ear-rings and necklaces.)
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 530:
Narrated Anas:
Abu Bakr wrote to me what was made
compulsory by Allah's Apostle and that was (regarding the
payments of Zakat): Neither the property of different people may
be taken together nor the joint property may be split for fear
of (paying more, or receiving less) Zakat. (1)
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 531:
Narrated Anas:
Abu Bakr wrote to me what Allah's
Apostle has made compulsory (regarding Zakat) and this was
mentioned in it: If a property is equally owned by two partners,
they should pay the combined Zakat and it will be considered
that both of them have paid their Zakat equally.
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 532:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
A Bedouin asked Allah's Apostle about
the emigration. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "May Allah have
mercy on you! The matter of emigration is very hard. Have you
got camels? Do you pay their Zakat?" The Bedouin said, "Yes, I
have camels and I pay their Zakat." The Prophet said, Work
beyond the seas and Allah will not decrease (waste) any of your
good deeds." (See Hadith No. 260 Vol. 5).
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 533:
Narrated Anas:
Abu Bakr , wrote to me about the Zakat
which Allah had ordered His Apostle to observe: Whoever had to
pay Jahda (Jahda means a four-year-old she-camel) as Zakat from
his herd of camels and he had not got one, and he had Hiqqa
(three-year-old she-camel), that Hiqqa should be accepted from
him along with two sheep if they were available or twenty
Dirhams (one Durham equals about 1/4 Saudi Riyal) and whoever
had to pay Hiqqa as Zakat and he had no Hiqqa but had a Jadha,
the Jadha should be accepted from him, and the Zakat collector
should repay him twenty Dirhams or two sheep; and whoever had to
pay Hiqqa as Zakat and he had not got one, but had a Bint Labun
(two-year-old she-camel), it should be accepted from him along
with two sheep or twenty Dirhams; and whoever had to pay Bint
Labun and had a Hiqqa, that Hiqqa should be accepted from him
and the Zakat collector should repay him twenty Dirhams or two
sheep; and whoever had to pay Bint Labun and he had not got one
but had a Bint Makhad (one-year-old she camel), that Bint Makhad
should be accepted from him along with twenty Dirhams or two
sheep.
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 534:
Narrated Anas:
When Abu Bakr; sent me to (collect the
Zakat from) Bahrein, he wrote to me the following:-- (In the
name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful). These are the
orders for compulsory charity (Zakat) which Allah's Apostle had
made obligatory for every Muslim, and which Allah had ordered
His Apostle to observe: Whoever amongst the Muslims is asked to
pay Zakat accordingly, he should pay it (to the Zakat collector)
and whoever is asked more than that (what is specified in this
script) he should not pay it; for twenty-four camels or less,
sheep are to be paid as Zakat; for every five camels one sheep
is to be paid, and if there are between twenty-five to
thirty-five camels, one Bint Makhad is to be paid; and if they
are between thirty-six to forty-five (camels), one Bint Labun is
to be paid; and if they are between forty-six to sixty (camels),
one Hiqqa is to be paid; and if the number is between sixty-one
to seventy-five (camels), one Jadh'a is to be paid; and if the
number is between seventy-six to ninety (camels), two Bint
Labuns are to be paid; and if they are from ninety-one to
one-hundred-and twenty (camels), two Hiqqas are to be paid; and
if they are over one-hundred and-twenty (camels), for every
forty (over one-hundred-and-twenty) one Bint Labun is to be
paid, and for every fifty camels (over one-hundred-and-twenty)
one Hiqqa is to be paid; and who ever has got only four camels,
has to pay nothing as Zakat, but if the owner of these four
camels wants to give something, he can. If the number of camels
increases to five, the owner has to pay one sheep as Zakat. As
regards the Zakat for the (flock) of sheep; if they are between
forty and one-hundred-and-twenty sheep, one sheep is to be paid;
and if they are between one-hundred-and-twenty to two hundred
(sheep), two sheep are to be paid; and if they are between
two-hundred to three-hundred (sheep), three sheep are to be
paid; and for over three-hundred sheep, for every extra hundred
sheep, one sheep is to be paid as Zakat. And if somebody has got
less than forty sheep, no Zakat is required, but if he wants to
give, he can. For silver the Zakat is one-fortieth of the lot
(i.e. 2.5%), and if its value is less than two-hundred Dirhams,
Zakat is not required, but if the owner wants to pay he can.'
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 535:
Narrated Anas:
Abu Bakr wrote to me what Allah had
ordered His Apostle (about Zakat) which goes: Neither an old nor
a defected animal, nor a male-goat may be taken as Zakat except
if the Zakat collector wishes (to take it).
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 536:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Abu Bakr said, "By Allah! If they (pay
me the Zakat and) with-hold even a she-kid which they used to
pay during the life-time of Allah's Apostle, I will fight with
them for it." 'Umar said, "It was nothing but Allah Who opened
Abu Bakr's chest towards the decision to fight, and I came to
know that his decision was right."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 537:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) sent
Muadh to Yemen, he said (to him), "YOU are going to people of a
(Divine) Book. First of all invite them to worship Allah (alone)
and when they come to know Allah, inform them that Allah has
enjoined on them, five prayers in every day and night; and if
they start offering these prayers, inform them that Allah has
enjoined on them, the Zakat. And it is to be taken from the rich
amongst them and given to the poor amongst them; and if they
obey you in that, take Zakat from them and avoid (don't take)
the best property of the people as Zakat."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 538:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri :
Allah's Apostle said, "No Zakat is
imposed on less than five Awsuq of dates; no Zakat is imposed on
less than five Awaq of silver, and no Zakat is imposed on less
than five camels."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 539:
Narrated Abu Dhar:
Once I went to him (the Prophet ) and
he said, "By Allah in Whose Hands my life is (or probably said,
'By Allah, except Whom none has the right to be worshipped)
whoever had camels or cows or sheep and did not pay their Zakat,
those animals will be brought on the Day of Resurrection far
bigger and fatter than before and they will tread him under
their hooves, and will butt him with their horns, and (those
animals will come in circle): When the last does its turn, the
first will start again, and this punishment will go on till
Allah has finished the judgments amongst the people."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 540:
Narrated Ishaq bin 'Abdullah bin Al
Talha:
I heard Anas bin Malik saying, "Abu
Talha had more property of date-palm trees gardens than any
other amongst the Ansar in Medina and the most beloved of them
to him was Bairuha garden, and it was in front of the Mosque of
the Prophet . Allah's Apostle used to go there and used to drink
its nice water." Anas added, "When these verses were
revealed:--'By no means shall you Attain righteousness unless
You spend (in charity) of that Which you love. ' (3.92) Abu
Talha said to Allah's Apostle 'O Allah's Apostle! Allah, the
Blessed, the Superior says: By no means shall you attain
righteousness, unless you spend (in charity) of that which you
love. And no doubt, Bairuha' garden is the most beloved of all
my property to me. So I want to give it in charity in Allah's
Cause. I expect its reward from Allah. O Allah's Apostle! Spend
it where Allah makes you think it feasible.' On that Allah's
Apostle said, 'Bravo! It is useful property. I have heard what
you have said (O Abu Talha), and I think it would be proper if
you gave it to your Kith and kin.' Abu Talha said, I will do so,
O Allah's Apostle.' Then Abu Talha distributed that garden
amongst his relatives and his cousins."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 541:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri
On 'Id ul Fitr or 'Id ul Adha Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) went out to the Musalla. After finishing the
prayer, he delivered the sermon and ordered the people to give
alms. He said, "O people! Give alms." Then he went towards the
women and said. "O women! Give alms, for I have seen that the
majority of the dwellers of Hell-Fire were you (women)." The
women asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What is the reason for it?" He
replied, "O women! You curse frequently, and are ungrateful to
your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in
intelligence and religion than you. O women, some of you can
lead a cautious wise man astray." Then he left. And when he
reached his house, Zainab, the wife of Ibn Masud, came and asked
permission to enter It was said, "O Allah's Apostle! It is
Zainab." He asked, 'Which Zainab?" The reply was that she was
the wife of Ibn Mas'ub. He said, "Yes, allow her to enter." And
she was admitted. Then she said, "O Prophet of Allah! Today you
ordered people to give alms and I had an ornament and intended
to give it as alms, but Ibn Masud said that he and his children
deserved it more than anybody else." The Prophet replied, "Ibn
Masud had spoken the truth. Your husband and your children had
more right to it than anybody else."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 542:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "There is no
Zakat either on a horse or a slave belonging to a Muslim"
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 543:
Narrated Abu Huraira :-
The Prophet said,"There is no Zakat
either on a slave or on a horse belonging to a Muslim.
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 544:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri :
Once the Prophet sat on a pulpit and we
sat around him. Then he said, "The things I am afraid of most
for your sake (concerning what will befall you after me) is the
pleasures and splendors of the world and its beauties which will
be disclosed to you." Somebody said, "O Allah's Apostle! Can the
good bring forth evil?" The Prophet remained silent for a while.
It was said to that person, "What is wrong with you? You are
talking to the Prophet (p.b.u.h) while he is not talking to
you." Then we noticed that he was being inspired divinely. Then
the Prophet wiped off his sweat and said, "Where is the
questioner?" It seemed as if the Prophet liked his question.
Then he said, "Good never brings forth evil. Indeed it is like
what grows on the banks of a water-stream which either kill or
make the animals sick, except if an animal eats its fill the
Khadira (a kind of vegetable) and then faces the sun, and then
defecates and urinates and grazes again. No doubt this wealth is
sweet and green. Blessed is the wealth of a Muslim from which he
gives to the poor, the orphans and to needy travelers. (Or the
Prophet said something similar to it) No doubt, whoever takes it
illegally will be like the one who eats but is never satisfied,
and his wealth will be a witness against him on the Day of
Resurrection."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 545:
Narrated 'Amr bin Al-Harith:
Zainab, the wife of 'Abdullah said, "I
was in the Mosque and saw the Prophet (p.b.u.h) saying, 'O women
! Give alms even from your ornaments.' " Zainab used to provide
for 'Abdullah and those orphans who were under her protection.
So she said to 'Abdullah, "Will you ask Allah's Apostle whether
it will be sufficient for me to spend part of the Zakat on you
and the orphans who are under my protection?" He replied "Will
you yourself ask Allah's Apostle ?" (Zainab added): So I went to
the Prophet and I saw there an Ansari woman who was standing at
the door (of the Prophet ) with a similar problem as mine. Bilal
passed by us and we asked him, 'Ask the Prophet whether it is
permissible for me to spend (the Zakat) on my husband and the
orphans under my protection.' And we requested Bilal not to
inform the Prophet about us. So Bilal went inside and asked the
Prophet regarding our problem. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) asked, "Who
are those two?" Bilal replied that she was Zainab. The Prophet
said, "Which Zainab?" Bilal said, "The wife of 'Adullah (bin
Masud)." The Prophet said, "Yes, (it is sufficient for her) and
she will receive a double rewards (for that): One for helping
relatives, and the other for giving Zakat."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 546:
Narrated Zainab,:
(the daughter of Um Salama) My mother
said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall I receive a reward if I spend
for the sustenance of Abu Salama's offspring, and in fact they
are also my sons?" The Prophet replied, "Spend on them and you
will get a reward for what you spend on them."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 547:
Narrated Abu Huraira
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) ordered (a
person) to collect Zakat, and that person returned and told him
that Ibn Jamil, Khalid bin Al-Walid, and Abbas bin 'Abdul
Muttalib had refused to give Zakat." The Prophet said, "What
made Ibn Jamll refuse to give Zakat though he was a poor man,
and was made wealthy by Allah and His Apostle ? But you are
unfair in asking Zakat from Khalid as he is keeping his armor
for Allah's Cause (for Jihad). As for Abbas bin 'Abdul Muttalib,
he is the uncle of Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) and Zakat is
compulsory on him and he should pay it double."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 548:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Some Ansari persons asked for
(something) from Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) and he gave them.
They again asked him for (something) and he again gave them. And
then they asked him and he gave them again till all that was
with him finished. And then he said "If I had anything. I would
not keep it away from you. (Remember) Whoever abstains from
asking others, Allah will make him contented, and whoever tries
to make himself self-sufficient, Allah will make him
self-sufficient. And whoever remains patient, Allah will make
him patient. Nobody can be given a blessing better and greater
than patience."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 549:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
Allah's Apostle said, "By Him in Whose
Hand my life is, it is better for anyone of you to take a rope
and cut the wood (from the forest) and carry it over his back
and sell it (as a means of earning his living) rather than to
ask a person for something and that person may give him or not."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 550:
Narrated Az-Zubair bin Al'Awwam:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "It is
better for anyone of you to take a rope (and cut) and bring a
bundle of wood (from the forest) over his back and sell it and
Allah will save his face (from the Hell-Fire) because of that,
rather than to ask the people who may give him or not."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 551:
Narrated 'Urwa bin Az-Zubair and Said
bin Al-Musaiyab:
Haklm bin Hizam said, "(Once) I asked
Allah's Apostle (for something) and he gave it to me. Again I
asked and he gave (it to me). Again I asked and he gave (it to
me). And then he said, "O Hakim! This property is like a sweet
fresh fruit; whoever takes it without greediness, he is blessed
in it, and whoever takes it with greediness, he is not blessed
in it, and he is like a person who eats but is never satisfied;
and the upper (giving) hand is better than the lower (receiving)
hand." Hakim added, "I said to Allah's Apostle , 'By Him (Allah)
Who sent you with the Truth, I shall never accept anything from
anybody after you, till I leave this world.' " Then Abu Bakr
(during his caliphate) called Hakim to give him his share from
the war booty (like the other companions of the Prophet ), he
refused to accept anything. Then 'Umar (during his caliphate)
called him to give him his share but he refused. On that 'Umar
said, "O Muslims! I would like you to witness that I offered
Hakim his share from this booty and he refused to take it." So
Hakim never took anything from anybody after the Prophet till he
died.
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 552:
Narrated 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle used to give me
something but I would say to him, "would you give it to a poorer
and more needy one than l?" The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said to me,
"Take it. If you are given something from this property, without
asking for it or having greed for it take it; and if not given,
do not run for it."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 553:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar
The Prophet said, "A man keeps on
asking others for something till he comes on the Day of
Resurrection without any piece of flesh on his face." The
Prophet added, "On the Day of Resurrection, the Sun will come
near (to, the people) to such an extent that the sweat will
reach up to the middle of the ears, so, when all the people are
in that state, they will ask Adam for help, and then Moses, and
then Muhammad (p.b.u.h) ." The sub-narrator added "Muhammad will
intercede with Allah to judge amongst the people. He will
proceed on till he will hold the ring of the door (of Paradise)
and then Allah will exalt him to Maqam Mahmud (the privilege of
intercession, etc.). And all the people of the gathering will
send their praises to Allah.
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 554:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "The poor person is
not the one who asks a morsel or two (of meals) from the others,
but the poor is the one who has nothing and is ashamed to beg
from others."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 555:
Narrated Ash-sha'bi:
The clerk of Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba
narrated, "Muawiya wrote to Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba: Write to me
something which you have heard from the Prophet (p.b.u.h) ." So
Al-Mughira wrote: I heard the Prophet saying, "Allah has hated
for you three things:
1. Vain talks, (useless talk) that you
talk too much or about others.
2. Wasting of wealth (by extravagance)
3. And asking too many questions (in
disputed religious matters) or asking others for something
(except in great need). (See Hadith No. 591, Vol. Ill)
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 556:
Narrated Sad (bin Abi Waqqas) :
Allah's Apostle distributed something
(from the resources of Zakat) amongst a group of people while I
was sitting amongst them, but he left a man whom I considered
the best of the lot. So, I went up to Allah's Apostle and asked
him secretly, "Why have you left that person? By Allah! I
consider him a believer." The Prophet said, "Or merely a Muslim
(Who surrender to Allah)." I remained quiet for a while but
could not help repeating my question because of what I knew
about him. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Why have you left that
person? By Allah! I consider him a believer. " The Prophet said,
"Or merely a Muslim." I remained quiet for a while but could not
help repeating my question because of what I knew about him. I
said, "O Allah's Apostle! Why have you left that person? By
Allah! I consider him a believer." The Prophet said, "Or merely
a Muslim." Then Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "I give to a
person while another is dearer to me, for fear that he may be
thrown in the Hell-fire on his face (by renegating from Islam)."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 557:
Narrated Abu Huraira
Allah's Apostle said, "The poor person
is not the one who goes round the people and ask them for a
mouthful or two (of meals) or a date or two but the poor is that
who has not enough (money) to satisfy his needs and whose
condition is not known to others, that others may give him
something in charity, and who does not beg of people."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 558:
Narrated Abu Huraira
The Prophet said, "No doubt, it is
better for a person to take a rope and proceed in the morning to
the mountains and cut the wood and then sell it, and eat from
this income and give alms from it than to ask others for
something."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 559:
Narrated Abu Humaid As-Sa'idi
We took part in the holy battle of
Tabuk in the company of the Prophet and when we arrived at the
Wadi-al-Qura, there was a woman in her garden. The Prophet asked
his companions to estimate the amount of the fruits in the
garden, and Allah's Apostle estimated it at ten Awsuq (One Wasaq
= 60 Sa's) and 1 Sa'= 3 kg. approximately). The Prophet said to
that lady, "Check what your garden will yield." When we reached
Tabuk, the Prophet said, "There will be a strong wind to-night
and so no one should stand and whoever has a camel, should
fasten it." So we fastened our camels. A strong wind blew at
night and a man stood up and he was blown away to a mountain
called Taiy, The King of Aila sent a white mule and a sheet for
wearing to the Prophet as a present, and wrote to the Prophet
that his people would stay in their place (and will pay Jizya
taxation.) (1) When the Prophet reached Wadi-al-Qura he asked
that woman how much her garden had yielded. She said, "Ten
Awsuq," and that was what Allah's Apostle had estimated. Then
the Prophet said, "I want to reach Medina quickly, and whoever
among you wants to accompany me, should hurry up." The
sub-narrator Ibn Bakkar said something which meant: When the
Prophet (p.b.u.h) saw Medina he said, "This is Taba." And when
he saw the mountain of Uhud, he said, "This mountain loves us
and we love it. Shall I tell you of the best amongst the Ansar?"
They replied in the affirmative. He said, "The family of
Bani-n-Najjar, and then the family of Bani Sa'ida or Bani
Al-Harith bin Al-Khazraj. (The above-mentioned are the best) but
there is goodness in all the families of Ansar."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 560:
Narrated Salim bin 'Abdullah from his
father:
The Prophet said, "On a land irrigated
by rain water or by natural water channels or if the land is wet
due to a near by water channel Ushr (i.e. one-tenth) is
compulsory (as Zakat); and on the land irrigated by the well,
half of an Ushr (i.e. one-twentieth) is compulsory (as Zakat on
the yield of the land)."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 561:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri :
The Prophet said, "There is no Zakat on
less than five Awsuq (of dates), or on less than five camels, or
on less than five Awaq of silver." (22 Yameni Riyals Faransa).
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 562:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
Dates used to be brought to Allah's
Apostle immediately after being plucked. Different persons would
bring their dates till a big heap collected (in front of the
Prophet). Once Al-Hasan and Al-Husain were playing with these
dates. One of them took a date and put it in his mouth. Allah's
Apostle looked at him and took it out from his mouth and said,
"Don't you know that Muhammad's offspring do not eat what is
given in charity?"
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 563:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet had forbidden the sale of
dates till they were good (ripe), and when it was asked what it
meant, the Prophet said, "Till there is no danger of blight."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 564:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah :
The Prophet had forbidden the sale of
fruits till they were ripe (free from blight).
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 565:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle forbade the selling of
fruits until they were ripe. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) added, "It
means that they become red ."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 566:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
Umar bin Al-Khattab gave a horse in
charity in Allah's Cause and later he saw it being sold in the
market and intended to purchase it. Then he went to the Prophet
and asked his permission. The Prophet said, "Do not take back
what you have given in charity." For this reason, Ibn 'Umar
never purchased the things which he had given in charity, and in
case he had purchased something (unknowingly) he would give it
in charity again.
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 567:
Narrated 'Umar:
Once I gave a horse in Allah's Cause
(in charity) but that person did not take care of it. I intended
to buy it, as I thought he would sell it at a low price. So, I
asked the Prophet (p.b.u.h) about it. He said, "Neither buy, nor
take back your alms which you have given, even if the seller
were willing to sell it for one Dirham, for he who takes back
his alms is like the one who swallows his own vomit."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 568:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
Al-Hasan bin 'Ali took a date from the
dates given in charity and put it in his mouth. The Prophet
said, "Expel it from your mouth. Don't you know that we do not
eat a thing which is given in charity?"
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 569:
Narrated Ibn Abbas :
The Prophet saw a dead sheep which had
been given in charity to a freed slavegirl of Maimuna, the wife
of the Prophet . The Prophet said, "Why don't you get the
benefit of its hide?" They said, "It is dead." He replied, "Only
to eat (its meat) is illegal."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 570:
Narrated Al-Aswad:
'Aisha intended to buy Barira (a
slave-girl) in order to manumit her and her masters intended to
put the condition that her Al-wala would be for them. 'Aisha
mentioned that to the Prophet who said to her, "Buy her, as the
"Wala" is for the manumitted." Once some meat was presented to
the Prophet and 'Aisha said to him, "This (meat) was given in
charity to Barira." He said, "It is an object of charity for
Barira but a gift for us."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 571:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya Al-Ansariya :
The Prophet went to 'Aisha and asked
her whether she had something (to eat). She replied that she had
nothing except the mutton (piece) which Nusaiba (Um 'Atiyya) had
sent to us (Buraira) in charity." The Prophet said, "It has
reached its place and now it is not a thing of charity but a
gift for us."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 572:
Narrated Anas:
Some meat was presented to the Prophet
(p.b.u.h) and it had been given to Barira (the freed slave-girl
of Aisha) in charity. He said, "This meat is a thing of charity
for Barira but it is a gift for us."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 573:
Narrated Abu Ma'bad,:
(the slave of Ibn Abbas) Allah's
Apostle said to Muadh when he sent him to Yemen, "You will go to
the people of the Scripture. So, when you reach there, invite
them to testify that none has the right to be worshipped but
Allah, and that Muhammad is His Apostle. And if they obey you in
that, tell them that Allah has enjoined on them five prayers in
each day and night. And if they obey you in that tell them that
Allah has made it obligatory on them to pay the Zakat which will
be taken from the rich among them and given to the poor among
them. If they obey you in that, then avoid taking the best of
their possessions, and be afraid of the curse of an oppressed
person because there is no screen between his invocation and
Allah."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 574i:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Abu Aufa :
Whenever a person came to the Prophet
with his alms, the Prophet would say, "O Allah! Send your
Blessings upon so and so." My father went to the Prophet with
his alms and the Prophet said, "O Allah! Send your blessings
upon the offspring of Abu Aufa."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 574f:
Narrated Abu Huraira
The Prophet said, "A man from Bani
Israel asked someone from Bani Israel to give him a loan of one
thousand Dinars and the later gave it to him. The debtor went on
a voyage (when the time for the payment of the debt became due)
but he did not find a boat, so he took a piece of wood and bored
it and put 1000 diners in it and threw it into the sea. The
creditor went out and took the piece of wood to his family to be
used as fire-wood." (See Hadith No. 488 B, Vol. 3). And the
Prophet narrated the narration (and said), "When he sawed the
wood, he found his money."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 575:
Narrated Abu Huraira
Allah's Apostle said, "There is no
compensation for one killed or wounded by an animal or by
falling in a well, or because of working in mines; but Khumus is
compulsory on Rikaz."
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 576:
Narrated Abu Humaid Al-Sa'idi:
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) appointed a
man called Ibn Al-Lutbiya, from the tribe of Al-Asd to collect
Zakat from Bani Sulaim. When he returned, (after collecting the
Zakat) the Prophet checked the account with him.
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 577:
Narrated Anas:
Some people from 'Uraina tribe came to
Medina and its climate did not suit them, so Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)
allowed them to go to the herd of camels (given as Zakat) and
they drank their milk and urine (as medicine) but they killed
the shepherd and drove away all the camels. So Allah's Apostle
sent (men) in their pursuit to catch them, and they were
brought, and he had their hands and feet cut, and their eyes
were branded with heated pieces of iron and they were left in
the Harra (a stony place at Medina) biting the stones. (See
Hadith No. 234, Vol. 1)
Volume 2, Book
24, Number 578:
Narrated Anas bin Malik
took 'Abdullah bin Abu Talha to Allah's
Apostle to perform Tahnik for him. (Tahnik was a custom among
the Muslims that whenever a child was born they used to take it
to the Prophet who would chew a piece of date and put a part of
its juice in the child's mouth). I saw the Prophet and he had an
instrument for branding in his hands and was branding the camels
of Zakat.
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