The Book on Zakat

كتاب الزكاة عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Chapter 20: What Has Been Related About Pleasing The Collector of Charity

Jarir narrated

similar (narration to no. 647 with a different chain) from the Prophet.

Chapter 22: (What Has Been Reported About) For Whom The Zakat Is Lawful

Abdullah bin Mas'ud narrated that

the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever begs from the people while he has what he needs, he will come on the Day of Judgment and his begging with be scratches or lacerations, or bite marks on his face." They said: "O Messenger of Allah! 'How much is it that one needs?' He said: 'Fifty Dirham, or their value in gold.'"

Chapter 25: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked For The Prophet, His Household, and His Mawali To Accept Charity

Bahz bin Hakim narrated from his father, from his grandfather who said

"When something was brought to him, the Messenger of Allah would ask: 'Is this charity or a gift?' If they said: 'Charity.' He would not eat it, and if they said, 'A gift' he would eat it."

Chapter 27: What Has Been Related About: There Is A Duty On Wealthy Aside From Zakat

Fatimah bint Qais narrated that

she asked -or, the Prophet was asked - about Zakat, and he said: "Indeed there is a duty on wealthy aside from Zakat." Then he recited this Ayah which is in Al-Baqarah: 'It is not Al-Birr (piety, righteousness) that you turn your faces.' (Al-Baqarah 2:177)

Chapter 28: What Has Been Related About The Virtue Of Charity

Anas narrated that

the Prophet was asked which fast was most virtuous after Ramadan? He said: "Sha'ban in honor of Ramadan" He said: "Which charity is best?" He (pbuh) said: "Charity in Ramadan."

Chapter 29: , What Has Been Related About The Right Of The One Asking

Abdur-Rahman bin Bujaid narrated from his grandmother;

Umm Bujaid - and she was one of those who gave the pledge to the Prophet - she said to the Messenger of Allah: "There is a needy person who stands outside my door, but I cannot find anything to give to him." So the Messenger of Allah said to her: "If you do not find anything to give him except a burnt trotter then hand it over to him."

Chapter 30: What Has Been Related About Giving To Those Whose Hearts Are Inclined (Toward Islam)

Sa'eed bin Al-Musayyab narrated from Safwan bin Umayyah who said

"The Messenger of Allah gave to me on the Day of Hunain, and he was the most hated creature to me. But he did not stop giving to me until he was the most loved creature to me."

Chapter 34: What Has Been Related About A Woman Spending From Her Husband's House

Abu Umamah Al-Bahili said

"During a sermon of his in the year of the Farewell Hajj, I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'A woman is not to spend anything from her husbands house without her husband's permission.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah! What about food?' He said: 'That is our most virtuous wealth.'"

Aishah narrated that

the Messenger of Allah said: "When a woman gives from her husband's home, with a good heart, not to spoil it, then she will get a reward similar to his, for her is the good she intended - and the same is for the trustee."

Chapter 35: What Has Been Related About Sadaqat al-Fitr

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated

"We would give Zakat Al-Fitr - when the Messenger of Allah was among us - as a Sa of food, or a Sa of barely, or a Sa of dried dates, or a Sa of raisins, or a Sa of cheese. So we did not stop paying it (like that) until Mu'awiyah arrived in Al-Madinah and talked (about it). Among the things he addressed the people with, he said: 'I see that two Mudd of the wheat of Ash-Sham are equal to a Sa of dried dates.' So the people followed that." Abu Sa'eed said: "I will not stop giving it in the manner that I had been giving it."

Ibn Umar narrated

"The Messenger of Allah made Sadaqatul-Fitr an obligation upon the male and female, the free and the bondsmen, as a Sa of dried dates or a Sa of barley." He said: "So the people equated that to half a Sa of wheat."

Chapter 36: What Has Been Related About: It Is To Be Paid Before The Salat

Ibn Umar narrated that

the Messenger of Allah would order paying the Zakat before going to the Salat on the day of Fitr.

Chapter 38: What Has Been Related About The Prohibition Of Begging

Samurah bin Jundub narrated that

the Messenger of Allah said: "Asking is a labor that toils on a man's face, except if a man asks for something from the Sultan (ruler), or he asks for something that he cannot do without."

Chapter 3: What Has Been Related About The Zakat On Gold And Silver

Ali narrated that

the Messenger of Allah said: "I have exempted charity on horses and slaves. So bring charity for silver, one Dirham for every forty Dirham. There is nothing for me (to collect) on one hundred and ninety Dirham, so when it reaches two hundred, then five Dirham of it (are due)."

Chapter 5: What Has Been Related About Zakat On Cows

Muhammad bin Bash-shar (Al-Abdi) narrated to us,

Muhammad bin Ja'far narrated to us, from Shu'bah, from Amr bin Murrah who said: "I asked Abu Ubaidah bin Abdullah: 'Did you remember anything from Abdullah?' He said, 'No'"

Chapter 7: What Has Been Related About Charity Due On Plants, Fruits And Grains

(Another chain of narration that) Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that

the Prophet said (similar t Hadith no. 626).

Chapter 8: What Has Been Related About: There Is No Charity Due On Horses And Slaves

Abu Hurairah narrated that

the Messenger of Allah said: "There is no charity due from a Muslim for his horse nor his slave."

Chapter 9: What Has Been Related About Zakat On Honey

Ubaidulah bin Umar narrated that

Nafi said: "Umar bin Adbul-Aziz asked me about charity due on honey, so I said to him: 'We do not have honey that we could give charity from, but Al-Mughirah bin Hakim informed us that he (pbuh) said: 'There is no charity due on honey.' So Umar said: 'That is fair enough for me.' So he wrote to the people that is be lifted, meaning (the duty of paying it) from them."

Chapter 12: What Has Been Related About Zakat On Jewelry

Amr bin Al-Harith bin Al-Mustaliq narrated from the nephew of Zainab, the wife of Abdullah (Ibn Mas'ud) who said

"The Messenger of Allah delivered a sermon to us, and said: 'O you women! Give charity, even if it is from your jewelry, for indeed you will make up most of the people of Hell on the Day of Judgment.'"

Chapter 14: What Has Been Related About Charity On What Is Watered By Rivers Or Otherwise

Abu Hurairah narrated that

the Messenger of Allah said: "For what is watered by the heavens and steams, the Ushr is due, and for what is watered by irrigation, half of the Ushr."