Jami` at-Tirmidhi 666

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Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Khallal told us: Yahya ibn Adam told us, from Ibn al-Mubarak, from Yunus ibn Yazid, from al-Zuhri, from Said ibn al-Musayyib, from Safwan ibn Umayyah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, gave me gifts on the day of Hunayn, although he was the person I hated most. He kept giving to me until he became the person I loved most. Abu Isa said: Al-Hasan ibn Ali related this or something similar to me during a study gathering. A related report is narrated from Abu Said. Ma mar and others narrated this from al-Zuhri, from Said ibn al-Musayyib, that Safwan ibn Umayyah said: The Messenger of Allah gave me gifts. This version seems sounder and more accurate: Said ibn al-Musayyib reported from Safwan. Scholars differed about giving to those whose hearts are to be reconciled. Most scholars held that they should not be given zakah, saying that in the time of the Prophet they were people whom he sought to draw toward Islam until they accepted it. They did not consider that they should be given zakah today for the same reason. This is the view of Sufyan al-Thawri, the scholars of Kufa, and others, and it is also the view of Ahmad and Ishaq. Others said that if people today are in a similar situation and the leader considers it beneficial to draw them toward Islam, it is permissible to give to them. This is the view of al-Shafii.