Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1792
وَعَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ لَا يُؤَدِّي زَكَاةَ مَالِهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي عُنُقِهِ شُجَاعًا» ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا مِصْدَاقَهُ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ: (وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ يبلخون بِمَا آتَاهُم الله من فَضله) الْآيَة. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ وَالنَّسَائِيّ وَابْن مَاجَه
Ibn Masud reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘No man fails to pay the zakat due on his wealth but that Allah will place a bald-headed serpent around his neck on the Day of Resurrection.’ Then he recited to us its confirmation from the Book of Allah: ‘Let not those who are miserly with what Allah has given them from His bounty suppose…’ [Aal Imran 3:180]. Al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa’i, and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
Translation notes
The Arabic source includes the beginning of the Qur’anic verse and closes the citation with ‘the verse’; the reference number is supplied by the English witness.