The Chapters Regarding Zakat

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Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Waki‘ ibn al-Jarrah narrated to us; Zakariyya ibn Ishaq al-Makki narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Abdullah ibn Sayfi, from Abu Ma‘bad, the freedman of Ibn Abbas, from Ibn Abbas, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Mu‘adh to Yemen and said: ‘You are going to a people who are people of the Scripture. Invite them to testify that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah. If they obey you in that, inform them that Allah has made five prayers obligatory for them each day and night. If they obey you in that, inform them that Allah has made obligatory charity due from their wealth, to be taken from their rich and returned to their poor. If they obey you in that, beware of taking the best of their property, and beware of the supplication of the wronged person, for there is no barrier between it and Allah.’

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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].

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Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Waki‘ narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from al-Ma‘rur ibn Suwayd, from Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Any owner of camels, sheep, or cattle who fails to pay the zakah due on them will find them brought on the Day of Resurrection at their largest and fattest. They will butt him with their horns and trample him with their hooves. Whenever the last of them has passed, the first will return to him, until judgment is passed among the people.’

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Abu Marwan Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Uthmani narrated to us; Abd al-Aziz ibn Abi Hazim narrated to us, from al-Ala ibn Abd al-Rahman, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Camels from which the due right has not been given will come and trample their owner with their hooves. Cattle and sheep will come and trample their owner with their hooves and butt him with their horns. And the hoarded treasure will come as a bald serpent and meet its owner on the Day of Resurrection. Its owner will flee from it twice, then turn to face it, but he will flee again. He will say, “What have I to do with you?” It will say, “I am your treasure; I am your treasure.” He will try to ward it off with his hand, but it will swallow his hand.’

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Amr ibn Sawwad al-Misri narrated to us; Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us, from Ibn Lahi‘ah, from Uqayl, from Ibn Shihab, who informed me that Khalid ibn Aslam, the freedman of Umar ibn al-Khattab, said: I went out with Abdullah ibn Umar, and a Bedouin caught up with him and said to him, ‘What about Allah’s words: “Those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend it in the way of Allah…”?’ Ibn Umar said to him, ‘Woe to whoever hoards it and does not pay its zakah. This was before zakah was revealed. When it was revealed, Allah made it a purification for wealth.’ Then he turned and said, ‘I would not mind if I had gold like Mount Uhud, knew its amount, paid its zakah, and used it in obedience to Allah, Mighty and Majestic.’

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Ahmad ibn Abd al-Malik narrated to us; Musa ibn A‘yan narrated to us; Amr ibn al-Harith narrated to us, from Darrāj Abu al-Samh, from Ibn Hujayrah, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘When you have paid the zakah due on your wealth, you have discharged what was required of you.’

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Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Yahya ibn Adam narrated to us, from Sharik, from Abu Hamzah, from al-Sha‘bi, from Fatimah bint Qays, that she heard him—meaning the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)—say: ‘There is no right in wealth other than zakah.’

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Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Waki‘ narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Harith, from Ali, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘I have waived for you the charity due on horses and enslaved persons. But bring one quarter of one-tenth for every forty dirhams: one dirham.’

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Bakr ibn Khalaf and Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; they said: Ubayd Allah ibn Musa narrated to us; Ibrahim ibn Ismail informed us, from Abdullah ibn Waqid, from Ibn Umar and Aishah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to take half a dinar for every twenty dinars and above, and one dinar for every forty dinars.

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Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us; Shuja‘ ibn al-Walid narrated to us; Harithah ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from Amrah, from Aishah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘There is no zakah due on wealth until a full year has passed over it.’

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Abu Usamah narrated to us; al-Walid ibn Kathir narrated to me, from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Sa‘sa‘ah, from Yahya ibn Umarah and Abbad ibn Tamim, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, who heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘No charity is due on fewer than five awsuq of dates, fewer than five awaq, or fewer than five camels.’

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Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Waki‘ narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Amr ibn Dinar, from Jabir ibn Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘There is no charity due on fewer than five camels, fewer than five awaq, or fewer than five awsuq.’

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Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; Sa‘id ibn Mansur narrated to us; Ismail ibn Zakariyya narrated to us, from Hajjaj ibn Dinar, from al-Hakam, from Hujayyah ibn Adi, from Ali ibn Abi Talib, that al-Abbas asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about paying his charity before it became due, and he granted him permission to do so.

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Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Waki‘ narrated to us, from Shu‘bah, from Amr ibn Murrah, who said: I heard Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa say: When a man brought the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) the charity due on his wealth, he would invoke blessings upon him. I brought him the charity due on my wealth, and he said: ‘O Allah, bless the family of Abu Awfa.’

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Suwayd ibn Sa‘id narrated to us; al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us, from al-Bakhtari ibn Ubayd, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘When you give zakah, do not forget its reward: say, “O Allah, make it a gain, and do not make it a loss.”’

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Abu Bishr Bakr ibn Khalaf narrated to us; Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us; Sulayman ibn Kathir narrated to us; Ibn Shihab narrated to us, from Salim ibn Abdullah, from his father, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: Salim read to me a document written by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) concerning the obligatory charities, before Allah caused him to die. I found in it: ‘For five camels, one sheep; for ten, two sheep; for fifteen, three sheep; and for twenty, four sheep. For twenty-five camels, a bint makhad is due up to thirty-five. If no bint makhad is available, then a male ibn labun is due. If the herd exceeds thirty-five by one, a bint labun is due up to forty-five. If it exceeds forty-five by one, a hiqqah is due up to sixty. If it exceeds sixty by one, a jadha‘ah is due up to seventy-five. If it exceeds seventy-five by one, two bint labun are due up to ninety. If it exceeds ninety by one, two hiqqah are due up to one hundred and twenty. When the herd becomes larger, for every fifty camels a hiqqah is due, and for every forty a bint labun.’

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Muhammad ibn Aqil ibn Khuwaylid al-Naysaburi narrated to us; Hafs ibn Abdullah al-Sulami narrated to us; Ibrahim ibn Tahman narrated to us, from Amr ibn Yahya ibn Umarah, from his father, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘There is no charity due on fewer than five camels, and nothing is due on four. When they reach five, one sheep is due, up to nine. When they reach ten, two sheep are due, up to fourteen. When they reach fifteen, three sheep are due, up to nineteen. When they reach twenty, four sheep are due, up to twenty-four. When they reach twenty-five, a bint makhad is due, up to thirty-five. If there is no bint makhad, then a male ibn labun is due. If the herd increases by one camel, a bint labun is due, up to forty-five. If it increases by one camel, a hiqqah is due, up to sixty. If it increases by one camel, a jadha‘ah is due, up to seventy-five. If it increases by one camel, two bint labun are due, up to ninety. If it increases by one camel, two hiqqah are due, up to one hundred and twenty. Then for every fifty camels, a hiqqah is due, and for every forty, a bint labun.’

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Muhammad ibn Bashshar, Muhammad ibn Yahya, and Muhammad ibn Marzuq narrated to us; they said: Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us; my father narrated to me, from Thumamah, from Anas ibn Malik, that Abu Bakr al-Siddiq wrote for him: ‘In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. This is the prescribed charity that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed for the Muslims, which Allah commanded the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to establish.’

‘Regarding camel-age classes in the livestock zakah schedule: Whoever owes a jadha‘ah but does not have one, and has a hiqqah, a hiqqah is accepted from him, and he gives in its place two sheep, if readily available, or twenty dirhams. Whoever owes a hiqqah but has only a bint labun, a bint labun is accepted from him, and he gives with it two sheep or twenty dirhams.’

‘Whoever owes a bint labun but does not have one, and has a hiqqah, a hiqqah is accepted from him, and the zakah collector gives him twenty dirhams or two sheep. Whoever owes a bint labun but does not have one, and has a bint makhad, a bint makhad is accepted from him, and he gives with it twenty dirhams or two sheep.’

‘Whoever owes a bint makhad but does not have one, and has a bint labun, a bint labun is accepted from him, and the zakah collector gives him twenty dirhams or two sheep. If someone does not have a bint makhad of the required class but has a male ibn labun, it is accepted from him, and he owes nothing additional.’

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Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Waki‘ narrated to us; Sharik narrated to us, from Uthman al-Thaqafi, from Abu Layla al-Kindi, from Suwayd ibn Ghafalah, who said: The zakah collector of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us. I took him by the hand and read in his written instructions: ‘Separate herds are not to be combined, nor combined herds separated, for fear of the zakah.’ A man brought him a large, well-built she-camel, but he refused to take it. The man then brought him another one of lesser quality, and he accepted it. He said, ‘What land could carry me, and what sky could shade me, if I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) having taken the finest camels of a Muslim man?’

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Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Waki‘ narrated to us, from Isra’il, from Jabir, from Amir, from Jarir ibn Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘The zakah collector should not return except with consent.’