Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1784
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْعَدَنِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ، وَجَامِعِ بْنِ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ، سَمِعَا شَقِيقَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ، يُخْبِرُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ لاَ يُؤَدِّي زَكَاةَ مَالِهِ إِلاَّ مُثِّلَ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شُجَاعًا أَقْرَعَ حَتَّى يُطَوِّقَ عُنُقَهُ " . ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مِصْدَاقَهُ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى (وَلاَ يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَبْخَلُونَ بِمَا آتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ} الآيَةَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Abi Umar al-Adani narrated to us; Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us, from Abd al-Malik ibn A‘yan and Jami‘ ibn Abi Rashid, who both heard Shaqiq ibn Salamah report from Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud, from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘There is no one who fails to pay the zakah due on his wealth except that on the Day of Resurrection it will be fashioned into a bald serpent for him, which will coil around his neck.’ Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited to us its confirmation from the Book of Allah, Exalted is He: ‘Let not those who are miserly with what Allah has given them from His bounty think…’ [the rest of the verse].
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source describes the creature as a shuja‘ah aqra‘, literally a bald serpent; the translation preserves that image.