Mishkat al-Masabih 1793

Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, ‘Zakat has never been mixed with any wealth but that it destroys it.’ Al-Shafii, al-Bukhari in his Taʾrikh, and al-Humaydi transmitted it. Al-Humaydi added: ‘A zakat payment has become obligatory upon you, but you do not pay it, so the unlawful destroys the lawful.’ Those who hold that zakat attaches to the specific property have cited it as evidence; it is presented this way in al-Muntaqa. Al-Bayhaqi transmitted it in Shuʿab al-Iman from Ahmad ibn Hanbal, with his chain going back to Aisha. Ahmad said regarding the word ‘mixed’: ‘It means that a man takes zakat while he is prosperous or wealthy, when it is only for the poor.’