The Book of Zakah

Harun ibn Abdullah reported: Abu Usamah narrated to us, from al-Walid ibn Kathir, from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Sa sa ah, from Yahya ibn Umarah and Abbad ibn Tamim, from Abu Said al-Khudri, who heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: No zakah is due on less than five awsuq of dates; no zakah is due on less than five awaq of silver; and no zakah is due on fewer than five camels.

Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Tusi reported: Yaqub narrated to us: My father narrated to us: Ibn Ishaq narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban and Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Sa sa ah narrated to me—and both were trustworthy—from Yahya ibn Umarah ibn Abi Hasan and Abbad ibn Tamim—and both were trustworthy—from Abu Said al-Khudri, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: No zakah is due on less than five awaq of silver; no zakah is due on fewer than five camels; and no zakah is due on less than five awsuq.

Mahmud ibn Ghaylan reported: Abu Usamah narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Asim ibn Damrah, from Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I have exempted you from zakah on horses and enslaved people, so pay zakah on your wealth: five for every two hundred.

Husayn ibn Mansur reported: Ibn Numayr narrated to us: Al-Amash narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Asim ibn Damrah, from Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I have exempted horses and enslaved people from zakah, and there is no zakah on less than two hundred.

Ismail ibn Masud reported: Khalid narrated to us, from Husayn, from Amr ibn Shuaib, from his father, from his grandfather, that a woman from Yemen came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with her daughter, who had two thick gold bracelets on her hands. He said: Do you pay zakah on these? She said: No. He said: Would you be pleased for Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to make you wear two bracelets of fire instead on the Day of Resurrection? She removed them, threw them to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and said: They belong to Allah and His Messenger ﷺ.

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Ala reported: al-Mutamir ibn Sulayman narrated to us: I heard Husayn say: Amr ibn Shuayb narrated to me: A woman came with her daughter to the Messenger of Allah, and her daughter had two bracelets on her hand. The report is similar, in mursal form. Abu Abd al-Rahman [al-Nasai] said: Khalid is more reliable than al-Mutamir.

Al-Fadl ibn Sahl reported: Abu al-Nadr, Hashim ibn al-Qasim, narrated to us: Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi Salamah narrated to us, from Abd Allah ibn Dinar, from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: On the Day of Resurrection, the wealth of one who does not pay its zakah will appear to him as a bald serpent with two dark spots. It will cling to him, or encircle his neck, and say: I am your treasure; I am your treasure.

Al-Fadl ibn Sahl reported: Hasan ibn Musa al-Ashyab narrated to us: Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah ibn Dinar al-Madani narrated to us, from his father, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: Whoever is given wealth by Allah, Mighty and Majestic, but does not pay its zakah, his wealth will be made to appear to him on the Day of Resurrection as a bald serpent with two dark spots. It will seize him by the sides of his jaws on the Day of Resurrection and say: I am your wealth; I am your treasure. Then he recited this verse: Let not those who are miserly with what Allah has given them from His bounty think...

Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak reported: Waki narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Ismail ibn Umayyah, from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban, from Yahya ibn Umarah, from Abu Saeed al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There is no sadaqah due on less than five awsuq of grain or dates.

Ismail ibn Masud reported: Yazid ibn Zuray narrated to us: Rawh ibn al-Qasim narrated to us: Amr ibn Yahya ibn Umarah narrated to me, from his father, from Abu Saeed al-Khudri, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said: No zakah is due on wheat and dates until they reach five awsuq; no zakah is due on silver until it reaches five awaq; and no zakah is due on camels until they reach five head.

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna reported: Abd al-Rahman narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from Ismail ibn Umayyah, from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban, from Yahya ibn Umarah, from Abu Saeed al-Khudri, that the Prophet ﷺ said: There is no sadaqah due on grain or dates until they reach five awsuq; there is no sadaqah due on fewer than five camels, nor on fewer than five awaq.

Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak reported: Waki narrated to us: Idris al-Awdi narrated to us, from Amr ibn Murrah, from Abu al-Bakhtari, from Abu Saeed, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There is no sadaqah due on less than five awaq.

Ahmad ibn Abdah reported: Hammad narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Saeed and Ubayd Allah ibn Umar, from Amr ibn Yahya, from his father, from Abu Saeed al-Khudri, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: There is no sadaqah due on less than five awaq, nor on less than five camels, and there is no sadaqah due on less than five awsuq.

Harun ibn Saeed ibn al-Haytham Abu Jafar al-Ayli reported: Ibn Wahb narrated to us: Yunus informed me, from Ibn Shihab, from Salim, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: For land watered by rain, rivers, or springs, or that is naturally watered, the due is one tenth. For land watered by water-lifting devices and irrigation, the due is half of one tenth.

Amr ibn Sawwad ibn al-Aswad ibn Amr, Ahmad ibn Amr, and al-Harith ibn Miskin reported to me; it was read to him while I listened, from Ibn Wahb, who said: Amr ibn al-Harith narrated to us: Abu al-Zubayr related to him that he heard Jabir ibn Abd Allah say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: For land watered by rain, rivers, and springs, the due is one tenth; and for land watered by a water-lifting camel, it is half of one tenth.

Hannad ibn al-Sari reported from Abu Bakr—meaning Ibn Ayyash—from Asim, from Abu Wail, from Muadh, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen and instructed me to collect one tenth from what rain waters, and half of one tenth from what is watered by waterwheels.

Muhammad ibn Bashshar reported: Yahya ibn Saeed and Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us; they said: Shuubah narrated to us: I heard Khubayb ibn Abd al-Rahman relate, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Masud ibn Niyar, from Sahl ibn Abi Hathmah, who said: He came to us while we were in the marketplace and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When you estimate the produce, take and leave a third. If you do not take or leave a third—Shuubah was uncertain—then leave a quarter.

Yunus ibn Abd al-Ala and al-Harith ibn Miskin reported; it was read to him while I listened, from Ibn Wahb, who said: Abd al-Jalil ibn Humayd al-Yahsubi related to me that Ibn Shihab told him: Abu Umamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf related to me, concerning the verse in which Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says, Do not aim for the inferior of it when you give: He said: It is al-juarrur and a type of Hubayq. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade taking inferior-quality produce as sadaqah.

Yaqoub ibn Ibrahim reported: Yahya informed us, from Abd al-Hamid ibn Jafar, who said: Salih ibn Abi Arib narrated to me, from Kathir ibn Murrah al-Hadrami, from Awf ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out with a stick in his hand. A man had hung up a bunch of dried, inferior dates, and he began poking that bunch with the stick. He said: If the one responsible for this charity wished, he could give something better than this. The one responsible for this charity will be eating inferior dates on the Day of Resurrection.

Qutaybah reported: Abu Awanah narrated to us, from Ubayd Allah ibn al-Akhnas, from Amr ibn Shuayb, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about found property. He said: If it is found on a frequented road or in an inhabited settlement, announce it for a year. If its owner comes, return it to him; otherwise, it is yours. As for what is found neither on a frequented road nor in an inhabited settlement, and buried treasure, one fifth is due.