The Book on Zakat - Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Hadith Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 627

Hadith Text

The Prophet said (similar to Hadith no. 626): "When you pay the Zakat of your wealth, you have fulfilled what is required of you."

Scholarly Commentary

This noble hadith emphasizes the completion of one's religious obligation regarding wealth through the proper payment of Zakat. The scholars explain that when a Muslim discharges the Zakat due on their wealth, they have purified it and fulfilled their duty to Allah in this matter.

Imam al-Tirmidhi places this in the chapter on Zakat to highlight that the obligation is complete when the prescribed amount is given to its rightful recipients. The phrase "similar to Hadith no. 626" indicates this teaching was reinforced through multiple narrations, strengthening its authenticity and importance.

Classical commentators note that this hadith brings comfort to believers, assuring them that once they have calculated and distributed their Zakat correctly, they need not worry about further obligations on that particular wealth. However, scholars caution that this applies only to the specific wealth for which Zakat has been paid - future earnings and growing assets will require new Zakat calculations in subsequent years.