Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1833, 1834
وَعَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ مُرْسَلًا قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم: " لَا تَحِلُّ الصَّدَقَةُ لِغَنِيٍّ إِلَّا لِخَمْسَةٍ: لِغَازٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ لِعَامِلٍ عَلَيْهَا أَوْ لِغَارِمٍ أَوْ لِرَجُلٍ اشْتَرَاهَا بِمَالِهِ أَوْ لِرَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ جَارٌ مِسْكِينٌ فَتَصَدَّقَ عَلَى الْمِسْكِينِ فَأَهْدَى الْمِسْكِين للغني ". رَوَاهُ مَالك وَأَبُو دَاوُد وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ لِأَبِي دَاوُدَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ: «أوابن السَّبِيل»
Ata ibn Yasar reported in mursal form that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Alms are not lawful for a rich person except for five: one who fights in the path of Allah; an official collecting them; a debtor; a man who bought them with his own money; or a man whose poor neighbor was given alms, then the poor neighbor gave him a gift.’ In a version transmitted by Abu Dawud from Abu Said: ‘Or a wayfarer.’ Malik and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
Translation notes
The Arabic source explicitly marks the report as mursal and includes the alternative ‘or a wayfarer’ from Abu Said. The English witness’s wording about purchase is retained without added interpretation.