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Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 15:
Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)
Volume 2, Book 24,
Number 484:
Narrated Jarir bin 'Abdullah ,
I gave the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet
for offering prayer perfectly giving Zakat and
giving good advice to every Muslim.
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
485:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "(On the Day of
Resurrection) camels will come to their owner in
the best state of health they have ever had (in
the world), and if he had not paid their Zakat (in
the world) then they would tread him with their
feet; and similarly, sheep will come to their
owner in the best state of health they have ever
had in the world, and if he had not paid their
Zakat, then they would tread him with their hooves
and would butt him with their horns." The
Prophet added, "One of their rights is that
they should be milked while water is kept in front
of them." The Prophet added, "I do not
want anyone of you to come to me on the Day of
Resurrection, carrying over his neck a sheep that
will be bleating. Such a person will (then) say,
'O Muhammad! (please intercede for me,) I will say
to him. 'I can't help you, for I conveyed Allah's
Message to you.' Similarly, I do not want anyone
of you to come to me carrying over his neck a
camel that will be grunting. Such a person (then)
will say "O Muhammad! (please intercede for
me)." I will say to him, "I can't help
you for I conveyed Allah's message to you."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
486:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever is made
wealthy by Allah and does not pay the Zakat of his
wealth, then on the Day of Resurrection his wealth
will be made like a bald-headed poisonous male
snake with two black spots over the eyes. The
snake will encircle his neck and bite his cheeks
and say, 'I am your wealth, I am your treasure.'
" Then the Prophet recited the holy verses:--
'Let not those who withhold . . .' (to the end of
the verse). (3.180).
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
487:
Narrated Abu Said:
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "No Zakat
is due on property mounting to less than five
Uqiyas (of silver), and no Zakat is due on less
than five camels, and there is no Zakat on less
than five Wasqs." (A Wasqs equals 60 Sa's)
& (1 Sa=3 K gms App.)
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
488:
Narrated Zaid bin Wahab:
I passed by a place called Ar-Rabadha and by
chance I met Abu Dhar and asked him, "What
has brought you to this place?" He said,
"I was in Sham and differed with Muawiya on
the meaning of (the following verses of the Quran):
'They who hoard up gold and silver and spend them
not in the way of Allah.' (9.34). Muawiya said,
'This verse is revealed regarding the people of
the scriptures." I said, It was revealed
regarding us and also the people of the
scriptures." So we had a quarrel and Mu'awiya
sent a complaint against me to 'Uthman. 'Uthman
wrote to me to come to Medina, and I came to
Medina. Many people came to me as if they had not
seen me before. So I told this to 'Uthman who said
to me, "You may depart and live nearby if you
wish." That was the reason for my being here
for even if an Ethiopian had been nominated as my
ruler, I would have obeyed him .
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
489:
Narrated Al-Ahnaf bin Qais:
While I was sitting with some people from
Quraish, a man with very rough hair, clothes, and
appearance came and stood in front of us, greeted
us and said, "Inform those who hoard wealth,
that a stone will be heated in the Hell-fire and
will be put on the nipples of their breasts till
it comes out from the bones of their shoulders and
then put on the bones of their shoulders till it
comes through the nipples of their breasts the
stone will be moving and hitting." After
saying that, the person retreated and sat by the
side of the pillar, I followed him and sat beside
him, and I did not know who he was. I said to him,
"I think the people disliked what you had
said." He said, "These people do not
understand anything, although my friend told
me." I asked, "Who is your friend?"
He said, "The Prophet said (to me), 'O Abu
Dhar! Do you see the mountain of Uhud?' And on
that I (Abu Dhar) started looking towards the sun
to judge how much remained of the day as I thought
that Allah's Apostle wanted to send me to do
something for him and I said, 'Yes!' He said, 'I
do not love to have gold equal to the mountain of
Uhud unless I spend it all (in Allah's cause)
except three Dinars (pounds). These people do not
understand and collect worldly wealth. No, by
Allah, Neither I ask them for worldly benefits nor
am I in need of their religious advice till I meet
Allah, The Honorable, The Majestic." '
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
490:
Narrated Ibn Masud:
I heard the Prophet saying, "There is no
envy except in two: a person whom Allah has given
wealth and he spends it in the right way, and a
person whom Allah has given wisdom (i.e. religious
knowledge) and he gives his decisions accordingly
and teaches it to the others."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
491:
Narrated Abu Huraira
Allah's Apostle said, "If one give in
charity what equals one date-fruit fro the
honestly-earned money and Allah accepts only the
honestly earned money --Allah takes it in His
right (hand) ar then enlarges its reward for that
person (who has given it), as anyone of you brings
up his baby horse, so much s that it becomes as
big as a mountain
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
492:
Narrated Haritha bin Wahab :
I heard the Prophet saying, "O people!
Give in charity as a time will come upon you when
a person will wander about with his object of
charity and will not find anybody to accept it,
and one (who will be requested to take it) will
say, "If you had brought it yesterday, would
have taken it, but to-day I am not in need of
it."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
493:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "The Hour (Day of
Judgment) will not be established till your wealth
increases so much so that one will be worried, for
no one will accept his Zakat and the person to
whom he will give it will reply, 'I am not in need
of it.' "
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
494:
Narrated 'Adi bin Hatim:
While I was sitting with Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)
two person came to him; one of them complained
about his poverty and the other complained about
the prevalence of robberies. Allah's Apostle said,
"As regards stealing and robberies, there
will shortly come a time when a caravan will go to
Mecca (from Medina) without any guard. And
regarding poverty, The Hour (Day of Judgment) will
not be established till one of you wanders about
with his object of charity and will not find
anybody to accept it And (no doubt) each one of
you will stand in front of Allah and there will be
neither a curtain nor an interpreter between him
and Allah, and Allah will ask him, 'Did not I give
you wealth?' He will reply in the affirmative.
Allah will further ask, 'Didn't I send a messenger
to you?' And again that person will reply in the
affirmative Then he will look to his right and he
will see nothing but Hell-fire, and then he will
look to his left and will see nothing but
Hell-fire. And so, any (each one) of you should
save himself from the fire even by giving half of
a date-fruit (in charity). And if you do not find
a half date-fruit, then (you can do it through
saying) a good pleasant word (to your brethren).
(See Hadith No. 793 Vol. 4).
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
495:
Narrated Abu Musa:
Thy Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "A time will
come upon the people when a person will wander
about with gold as Zakat and will not find anybody
to accept it, and one man will be seen followed by
forty women to be their guardian because of
scarcity of men and great number of women. "
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
496:
Narrated Abu Masud:
When the verses of charity were revealed, we
used to work as porters. A man came and
distributed objects of charity in abundance. And
they (the people) said, "He is showing
off." And another man came and gave a sa (a
small measure of food grains); they said,
"Allah is not in need of this small amount of
charity." And then the Divine Inspiration
came: "Those who criticize such of the
believers who give in charity voluntarily and
those who could not find to give in charity except
what is available to them." (9.79).
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
497:
Narrated Abu Masud Al-Ansar:
Whenever Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) ordered us
to give in charity, we used to go to the market
and work as porters and get a Mudd (a special
measure of grain) and then give it in charity.
(Those were the days of poverty) and to-day some
of us have one hundred thousand.
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
498:
Narrated 'Adi bin Hatim heard the Prophet
saying:
"Save yourself from Hell-fire even by
giving half a date-fruit in charity."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
499:
Narrated Aisha:
A lady along with her two daughters came to me
asking (for some alms), but she found nothing with
me except one date which I gave to her and she
divided it between her two daughters, and did not
eat anything herself, and then she got up and went
away. Then the Prophet came in and I informed him
about this story. He said, "Whoever is put to
trial by these daughters and he treats them
generously (with benevolence) then these daughters
will act as a shield for him from Hell-Fire."
(See Hadith No. 24, Vol. 8).
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
500:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to the Prophet and asked, "O
Allah's Apostle! Which charity is the most
superior in reward?" He replied, "The
charity which you practice while you are healthy,
niggardly and afraid of poverty and wish to become
wealthy. Do not delay it to the time of
approaching death and then say, 'Give so much to
such and such, and so much to such and such.' And
it has already belonged to such and such (as it is
too late)."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
501:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Some of the wives of the Prophet asked him,
"Who amongst us will be the first to follow
you (i.e. die after you)?" He said,
"Whoever has the longest hand." So they
started measuring their hands with a stick and
Sauda's hand turned out to be the longest. (When
Zainab bint Jahsh died first of all in the
caliphate of 'Umar), we came to know that the long
hand was a symbol of practicing charity, so she
was the first to follow the Prophet and she used
to love to practice charity. (Sauda died later in
the caliphate of Muawiya).
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
502:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "A man
said that he would give something in charity. He
went out with his object of charity and
unknowingly gave it to a thief. Next morning the
people said that he had given his object of
charity to a thief. (On hearing that) he said,
"O Allah! All the praises are for you. I will
give alms again." And so he again went out
with his alms and (unknowingly) gave it to an
adulteress. Next morning the people said that he
had given his alms to an adulteress last night.
The man said, "O Allah! All the praises are
for you. (I gave my alms) to an adulteress. I will
give alms again." So he went out with his
alms again and (unknowingly) gave it to a rich
person. (The people) next morning said that he had
given his alms to a wealthy person. He said,
"O Allah! All the praises are for you. (I had
given alms) to a thief, to an adulteress and to a
wealthy man." Then someone came and said to
him, "The alms which you gave to the thief,
might make him abstain from stealing, and that
given to the adulteress might make her abstain
from illegal sexual intercourse (adultery), and
that given to the wealthy man might make him take
a lesson from it and spend his wealth which Allah
has given him, in Allah's cause."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
503:
Narrated Ma'n bin Yazid:
My grandfather, my father and I gave the pledge
of allegiance to Allah's Apostle. The Prophet got
me engaged and then got me married. One day I went
to the Prophet with a complaint. My father Yazid
had taken some gold coins for charity and kept
them with a man in the mosque (to give them to the
poor) But I went and took them and brought them to
him (my father). My father said, "By Allah! I
did not intend to give them to you. " I took
(the case) to Allah's Apostle . On that Allah's
Apostle said, "O Yazid! You will be rewarded
for what you intended. O Man! Whatever you have
taken is yours."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
504:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Seven people
will be shaded by Allah under His shade on the day
when there will be no shade except His. They are:
(1) a just ruler;
(2) a young man who has been brought up in the
worship of Allah, (i.e. worship Allah (Alone)
sincerely from his childhood),
(3) a man whose heart is attached to the mosque
(who offers the five compulsory congregational
prayers in the mosque);
(4) two persons who love each other only for
Allah's sake and they meet and part in Allah's
cause only;
(5) a man who refuses the call of a charming
woman of noble birth for an illegal sexual
intercourse with her and says: I am afraid of
Allah;
(6) a person who practices charity so secretly
that his left hand does not know what his right
hand has given (i.e. nobody knows how much he has
given in charity).
(7) a person who remembers Allah in seclusion
and his eyes get flooded with tears."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
505:
Narrated Haritha bin Wahab Al-Khuza'i:
I heard the Prophet (p.b.u.h) saying, "(O
people!) Give in charity (for Allah's cause)
because a time will come when a person will carry
his object of charity from place to place (and he
will not find any person to take it) and any
person whom he shall request to take it, I will
reply, 'If you had brought it yesterday I would
have taken it, but today I am not
in need of it."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
506:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle said, "When a woman gives
in charity some of the foodstuff (which she has in
her house) without spoiling it, she will receive
the reward for what she has spent, and her husband
will receive the reward because of his earning,
and the storekeeper will also have a reward
similar to it. The reward of one will not decrease
the reward of the others . "
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
507:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "The best
charity is that which is practiced by a wealthy
person. And start giving first to your
dependents."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
508:
Narrated Hakim bin Hizam
The Prophet said, "The upper hand is
better than the lower hand (i.e. he who gives in
charity is better than him who takes it). One
should start giving first to his dependents. And
the best object of charity is that which is given
by a wealthy person (from the money which is left
after his expenses). And whoever abstains from
asking others for some financial help, Allah will
give him and save him from asking others, Allah
will make him self-sufficient."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
509:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
I heard Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) while he was
on the pulpit speaking about charity, to abstain
from asking others for some financial help and
about begging others, saying, "The upper hand
is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is
that of the giver and the lower (hand) is that of
the beggar."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
510:
Narrated 'Uqba bin Al-Harith:
Once the Prophet offered the 'Asr prayer and
then hurriedly went to his house and returned
immediately. I (or somebody else) asked him (as to
what was the matter) and he said, "I left at
home a piece of gold which was from the charity
and I disliked to let it remain a night in my
house, so I got it distributed . "
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
511:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet went out for the 'Id prayer on the
'Id day and offered a two Rakat prayer; and he
neither offered a prayer before it or after it.
Then he went towards the women along with Bilal.
He preached them and ordered them to give in
charity. And some (amongst the women) started
giving their fore-arm bangles and ear-rings.
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
512:
Narrated Abu Burda bin Abu Musa:
that his father said, "Whenever a beggar
came to Allah's Apostle or he was asked for
something, he used to say (to his companions),
"Help and recommend him and you will receive
the reward for it; and Allah will bring about what
He will through His Prophet's tongue."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
513:
Narrated Asma:
The Prophet said to me, "Do not withhold
your money, (for if you did so) Allah would
with-hold His blessings from you."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
514:
Narrated 'Abda:
T he Prophet said, "Do not with-hold your
money by counting it (i.e. hoarding it), (for if
you did so), Allah would also with-hold His
blessings from you."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
515:
Narrated Asma' bint Abu Bakr:
that she had gone to the Prophet and he said,
"Do not shut your money bag; otherwise Allah
too will with-hold His blessings from you. Spend
(in Allah's Cause) as much as you can afford.
"
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
516:
Narrated Abu Wail:
Hudhaifa said, "'Umar said, 'Who amongst
you remembers the statement of Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)
about afflictions'?' I said, 'I know it as the
Prophet had said it.' 'Umar said, 'No doubt, you
are bold. How did he say it?' I said, 'A man's
afflictions (wrong deeds) concerning his wife,
children and neighbors are expiated by (his)
prayers, charity, and enjoining good.' (The
sub-narrator Sulaiman added that he said, 'The
prayer, charity, enjoining good and forbidding
evil.') 'Umar said, 'I did not mean that, but I
ask about that affliction which will spread like
the waves of the sea.' I said, 'O chief of the
believers! You need not be afraid of it as there
is a closed door between you and it.' He asked,
'Will the door be broken or opened?' I replied,
'No, it will be broken.' He said, 'Then, if it is
broken, it will never be closed again?' I replied,
'Yes.' " Then we were afraid to ask what that
door was, so we asked Masruq to inquire, and he
asked Hudhaifa regarding it. Hudhaifa said,
"The door was 'Umar. "We further asked
Hudhaifa whether 'Umar knew what that door meant.
Hudhaifa replied in the affirmative and added,
"He knew it as one knows that there will be a
night before the tomorrow morning."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
517:
Narrated Hakim bin Hizam:
I said to Allah's Apostle, "Before
embracing Islam I used to do good deeds like
giving in charity, slave-manumitting, and the
keeping of good relations with Kith and kin. Shall
I be rewarded for those deeds?" The Prophet
replied, "You became Muslim with all those
good deeds (Without losing their reward)."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
518:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle said, "When a woman gives
in charity from her husband's meals without
wasting the property of her husband, she will get
a reward for it, and her husband too will get a
reward for what he earned and the store-keeper
will have the reward likewise."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
519:
Narrated Abu Musa :
The Prophet said, "An honest Muslim
store-keeper who carries out the orders of his
master and pays fully what he has been ordered to
give with a good heart and pays to that person to
whom he was ordered to pay, is regarded as one of
the two charitable persons."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
520:
Narrate Aisha :
The Prophet said, "If a woman gives in
charity from her husband's house .." The
Prophet (p.b.u.h) also said, "If a lady gives
meals (in charity) from her husband's house
without spoiling her husband's property, she will
get a reward and her husband will also get a
reward likewise. The husband will get a reward
because of his earnings and the woman because of
her spending."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
521:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet said, "When a woman gives in
charity from her house meals in Allah's Cause
without spoiling her husband's property, she will
get a reward for it, and her husband will also get
the reward for his earnings and the storekeeper
will get a reward likewise."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
522:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
The Prophet said, "Every day two angels
come down from Heaven and one of them says, 'O
Allah! Compensate every person who spends in Your
Cause,' and the other (angel) says, 'O Allah!
Destroy every miser.' "
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
523:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
The Prophet said, "The example of a miser
and an alms-giver is like the example of two
persons wearing iron cloaks." Allah's Apostle
also said, "The example of an alms-giver and
a miser is like the example of two persons who
have two iron cloaks on them from their breasts to
their collar bones, and when the alms-giver wants
to give in charity, the cloak becomes capacious
till it covers his whole body to such an extent
that it hides his fingertips and covers his
footprints (obliterates his tracks). (1) And when
the miser wants to spend, it (the iron cloak)
sticks and every ring gets stuck to its place and
he tries to widen it, but it did not become wide.
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
524:
Narrated Abu Burda:
from his father from his grandfather that the
Prophet said, "Every Muslim has to give in
charity." The people asked, "O Allah's
Prophet! If someone has nothing to give, what will
he do?" He said, "He should work with
his hands and benefit himself and also give in
charity (from what he earns)." The people
further asked, "If he cannot find even
that?" He replied, "He should help the
needy who appeal for help." Then the people
asked, "If he cannot do that?" He
replied, "Then he should perform good deeds
and keep away from evil deeds and this will be
regarded as charitable deeds."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
525:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
A sheep was sent to me (Nusaiba Al-Ansariya)
(in charity) and I sent some of it to 'Aisha. The
Prophet asked 'Aisha for something to eat. 'Aisha
replied that there was nothing except what Nusaiba
Al-Ansariya had sent of that sheep. The Prophet
said to her, "Bring it as it has reached its
place."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
526:
Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri :
Allah's Apostle said, "There is no Zakat
on less than five camels and also there is no
Zakat on less than five Awaq (of silver). (5 Awaq
= 22 Fransa Riyals of Yamen or 200 Dirhams.) And
there is no Zakat on less than five Awsuq. (A
special measure of food-grains, and one Wasq
equals 60 Sa's.) (For gold 20, Dinars i.e. equal
to 12 Guinea English. No Zakat for less than 12
Guinea (English) of gold or for silver less than
22 Fransa Riyals of Yamen.)
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
527:
Narrated Abi Sa'id Al-Khudri :
I heard the Prophet saying (as above--No. 526
..)
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
528:
Narrated Anas:
Abu Bakr wrote to me what Allah had instructed
His Apostle (p.b.u.h) to do regarding the one who
had to pay one Bint Makhad (i.e. one year-old
she-camel) as Zakat, and he did not have it but
had got Bint Labun (two year old she-camel). (He
wrote that) it could be accepted from him as Zakat,
and the collector of Zakat would return him 20
Dirhams or two sheep; and if the Zakat payer had
not a Bint Makhad, but he had Ibn Labun (a two
year old he-camel) then it could be accepted as
his Zakat, but he would not be paid anything .
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
529:
Narrated Ibn Abbas :
I am a witness that Allah's Apostle offered the
Id prayer before delivering the sermon and then he
thought that the women would not be able to hear
him (because of the distance), so he went to them
along with Bilal who was spreading his garment.
The Prophet advised and ordered them to give in
charity. So the women started giving their
ornaments (in charity). (The sub-narrator Aiyub
pointed towards his ears and neck meaning that
they gave ornaments from those places such as
ear-rings and necklaces.)
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
530:
Narrated Anas:
Abu Bakr wrote to me what was made compulsory
by Allah's Apostle and that was (regarding the
payments of Zakat): Neither the property of
different people may be taken together nor the
joint property may be split for fear of (paying
more, or receiving less) Zakat. (1)
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
531:
Narrated Anas:
Abu Bakr wrote to me what Allah's Apostle has
made compulsory (regarding Zakat) and this was
mentioned in it: If a property is equally owned by
two partners, they should pay the combined Zakat
and it will be considered that both of them have
paid their Zakat equally.
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
532:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
A Bedouin asked Allah's Apostle about the
emigration. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "May
Allah have mercy on you! The matter of emigration
is very hard. Have you got camels? Do you pay
their Zakat?" The Bedouin said, "Yes, I
have camels and I pay their Zakat." The
Prophet said, Work beyond the seas and Allah will
not decrease (waste) any of your good deeds."
(See Hadith No. 260 Vol. 5).
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
533:
Narrated Anas:
Abu Bakr , wrote to me about the Zakat which
Allah had ordered His Apostle to observe: Whoever
had to pay Jahda (Jahda means a four-year-old
she-camel) as Zakat from his herd of camels and he
had not got one, and he had Hiqqa (three-year-old
she-camel), that Hiqqa should be accepted from him
along with two sheep if they were available or
twenty Dirhams (one Durham equals about 1/4 Saudi
Riyal) and whoever had to pay Hiqqa as Zakat and
he had no Hiqqa but had a Jadha, the Jadha should
be accepted from him, and the Zakat collector
should repay him twenty Dirhams or two sheep; and
whoever had to pay Hiqqa as Zakat and he had not
got one, but had a Bint Labun (two-year-old
she-camel), it should be accepted from him along
with two sheep or twenty Dirhams; and whoever had
to pay Bint Labun and had a Hiqqa, that Hiqqa
should be accepted from him and the Zakat
collector should repay him twenty Dirhams or two
sheep; and whoever had to pay Bint Labun and he
had not got one but had a Bint Makhad
(one-year-old she camel), that Bint Makhad should
be accepted from him along with twenty Dirhams or
two sheep.
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
534:
Narrated Anas:
When Abu Bakr; sent me to (collect the Zakat
from) Bahrein, he wrote to me the following:-- (In
the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful).
These are the orders for compulsory charity (Zakat)
which Allah's Apostle had made obligatory for
every Muslim, and which Allah had ordered His
Apostle to observe: Whoever amongst the Muslims is
asked to pay Zakat accordingly, he should pay it
(to the Zakat collector) and whoever is asked more
than that (what is specified in this script) he
should not pay it; for twenty-four camels or less,
sheep are to be paid as Zakat; for every five
camels one sheep is to be paid, and if there are
between twenty-five to thirty-five camels, one
Bint Makhad is to be paid; and if they are between
thirty-six to forty-five (camels), one Bint Labun
is to be paid; and if they are between forty-six
to sixty (camels), one Hiqqa is to be paid; and if
the number is between sixty-one to seventy-five
(camels), one Jadh'a is to be paid; and if the
number is between seventy-six to ninety (camels),
two Bint Labuns are to be paid; and if they are
from ninety-one to one-hundred-and twenty
(camels), two Hiqqas are to be paid; and if they
are over one-hundred and-twenty (camels), for
every forty (over one-hundred-and-twenty) one Bint
Labun is to be paid, and for every fifty camels
(over one-hundred-and-twenty) one Hiqqa is to be
paid; and who ever has got only four camels, has
to pay nothing as Zakat, but if the owner of these
four camels wants to give something, he can. If
the number of camels increases to five, the owner
has to pay one sheep as Zakat. As regards the
Zakat for the (flock) of sheep; if they are
between forty and one-hundred-and-twenty sheep,
one sheep is to be paid; and if they are between
one-hundred-and-twenty to two hundred (sheep), two
sheep are to be paid; and if they are between
two-hundred to three-hundred (sheep), three sheep
are to be paid; and for over three-hundred sheep,
for every extra hundred sheep, one sheep is to be
paid as Zakat. And if somebody has got less than
forty sheep, no Zakat is required, but if he wants
to give, he can. For silver the Zakat is
one-fortieth of the lot (i.e. 2.5%), and if its
value is less than two-hundred Dirhams, Zakat is
not required, but if the owner wants to pay he
can.'
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
535:
Narrated Anas:
Abu Bakr wrote to me what Allah had ordered His
Apostle (about Zakat) which goes: Neither an old
nor a defected animal, nor a male-goat may be
taken as Zakat except if the Zakat collector
wishes (to take it).
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
536:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Abu Bakr said, "By Allah! If they (pay me
the Zakat and) with-hold even a she-kid which they
used to pay during the life-time of Allah's
Apostle, I will fight with them for it." 'Umar
said, "It was nothing but Allah Who opened
Abu Bakr's chest towards the decision to fight,
and I came to know that his decision was
right."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
537:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) sent Muadh to
Yemen, he said (to him), "YOU are going to
people of a (Divine) Book. First of all invite
them to worship Allah (alone) and when they come
to know Allah, inform them that Allah has enjoined
on them, five prayers in every day and night; and
if they start offering these prayers, inform them
that Allah has enjoined on them, the Zakat. And it
is to be taken from the rich amongst them and
given to the poor amongst them; and if they obey
you in that, take Zakat from them and avoid (don't
take) the best property of the people as Zakat."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
538:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri :
Allah's Apostle said, "No Zakat is imposed
on less than five Awsuq of dates; no Zakat is
imposed on less than five Awaq of silver, and no
Zakat is imposed on less than five camels."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
539:
Narrated Abu Dhar:
Once I went to him (the Prophet ) and he said,
"By Allah in Whose Hands my life is (or
probably said, 'By Allah, except Whom none has the
right to be worshipped) whoever had camels or cows
or sheep and did not pay their Zakat, those
animals will be brought on the Day of Resurrection
far bigger and fatter than before and they will
tread him under their hooves, and will butt him
with their horns, and (those animals will come in
circle): When the last does its turn, the first
will start again, and this punishment will go on
till Allah has finished the judgments amongst the
people."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
540:
Narrated Ishaq bin 'Abdullah bin Al Talha:
I heard Anas bin Malik saying, "Abu Talha
had more property of date-palm trees gardens than
any other amongst the Ansar in Medina and the most
beloved of them to him was Bairuha garden, and it
was in front of the Mosque of the Prophet .
Allah's Apostle used to go there and used to drink
its nice water." Anas added, "When these
verses were revealed:--'By no means shall you
Attain righteousness unless You spend (in charity)
of that Which you love. ' (3.92) Abu Talha said to
Allah's Apostle 'O Allah's Apostle! Allah, the
Blessed, the Superior says: By no means shall you
attain righteousness, unless you spend (in
charity) of that which you love. And no doubt,
Bairuha' garden is the most beloved of all my
property to me. So I want to give it in charity in
Allah's Cause. I expect its reward from Allah. O
Allah's Apostle! Spend it where Allah makes you
think it feasible.' On that Allah's Apostle said,
'Bravo! It is useful property. I have heard what
you have said (O Abu Talha), and I think it would
be proper if you gave it to your Kith and kin.'
Abu Talha said, I will do so, O Allah's Apostle.'
Then Abu Talha distributed that garden amongst his
relatives and his cousins."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
541:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri
On 'Id ul Fitr or 'Id ul Adha Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)
went out to the Musalla. After finishing the
prayer, he delivered the sermon and ordered the
people to give alms. He said, "O people! Give
alms." Then he went towards the women and
said. "O women! Give alms, for I have seen
that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-Fire
were you (women)." The women asked, "O
Allah's Apostle! What is the reason for it?"
He replied, "O women! You curse frequently,
and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not
seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and
religion than you. O women, some of you can lead a
cautious wise man astray." Then he left. And
when he reached his house, Zainab, the wife of Ibn
Masud, came and asked permission to enter It was
said, "O Allah's Apostle! It is Zainab."
He asked, 'Which Zainab?" The reply was that
she was the wife of Ibn Mas'ub. He said,
"Yes, allow her to enter." And she was
admitted. Then she said, "O Prophet of Allah!
Today you ordered people to give alms and I had an
ornament and intended to give it as alms, but Ibn
Masud said that he and his children deserved it
more than anybody else." The Prophet replied,
"Ibn Masud had spoken the truth. Your husband
and your children had more right to it than
anybody else."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
542:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "There is no Zakat
either on a horse or a slave belonging to a
Muslim"
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
543:
Narrated Abu Huraira :-
The Prophet said,"There is no Zakat either
on a slave or on a horse belonging to a Muslim.
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
544:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri :
Once the Prophet sat on a pulpit and we sat
around him. Then he said, "The things I am
afraid of most for your sake (concerning what will
befall you after me) is the pleasures and
splendors of the world and its beauties which will
be disclosed to you." Somebody said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Can the good bring forth
evil?" The Prophet remained silent for a
while. It was said to that person, "What is
wrong with you? You are talking to the Prophet (p.b.u.h)
while he is not talking to you." Then we
noticed that he was being inspired divinely. Then
the Prophet wiped off his sweat and said,
"Where is the questioner?" It seemed as
if the Prophet liked his question. Then he said,
"Good never brings forth evil. Indeed it is
like what grows on the banks of a water-stream
which either kill or make the animals sick, except
if an animal eats its fill the Khadira (a kind of
vegetable) and then faces the sun, and then
defecates and urinates and grazes again. No doubt
this wealth is sweet and green. Blessed is the
wealth of a Muslim from which he gives to the
poor, the orphans and to needy travelers. (Or the
Prophet said something similar to it) No doubt,
whoever takes it illegally will be like the one
who eats but is never satisfied, and his wealth
will be a witness against him on the Day of
Resurrection."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
545:
Narrated 'Amr bin Al-Harith:
Zainab, the wife of 'Abdullah said, "I was
in the Mosque and saw the Prophet (p.b.u.h)
saying, 'O women ! Give alms even from your
ornaments.' " Zainab used to provide for
'Abdullah and those orphans who were under her
protection. So she said to 'Abdullah, "Will
you ask Allah's Apostle whether it will be
sufficient for me to spend part of the Zakat on
you and the orphans who are under my
protection?" He replied "Will you
yourself ask Allah's Apostle ?" (Zainab
added): So I went to the Prophet and I saw there
an Ansari woman who was standing at the door (of
the Prophet ) with a similar problem as mine.
Bilal passed by us and we asked him, 'Ask the
Prophet whether it is permissible for me to spend
(the Zakat) on my husband and the orphans under my
protection.' And we requested Bilal not to inform
the Prophet about us. So Bilal went inside and
asked the Prophet regarding our problem. The
Prophet (p.b.u.h) asked, "Who are those
two?" Bilal replied that she was Zainab. The
Prophet said, "Which Zainab?" Bilal
said, "The wife of 'Adullah (bin
Masud)." The Prophet said, "Yes, (it is
sufficient for her) and she will receive a double
rewards (for that): One for helping relatives, and
the other for giving Zakat."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
546:
Narrated Zainab,:
(the daughter of Um Salama) My mother said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Shall I receive a reward
if I spend for the sustenance of Abu Salama's
offspring, and in fact they are also my
sons?" The Prophet replied, "Spend on
them and you will get a reward for what you spend
on them."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
547:
Narrated Abu Huraira
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) ordered (a person) to
collect Zakat, and that person returned and told
him that Ibn Jamil, Khalid bin Al-Walid, and Abbas
bin 'Abdul Muttalib had refused to give
Zakat." The Prophet said, "What made Ibn
Jamll refuse to give Zakat though he was a poor
man, and was made wealthy by Allah and His Apostle
? But you are unfair in asking Zakat from Khalid
as he is keeping his armor for Allah's Cause (for
Jihad). As for Abbas bin 'Abdul Muttalib, he is
the uncle of Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) and Zakat
is compulsory on him and he should pay it
double."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
548:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Some Ansari persons asked for (something) from
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) and he gave them. They
again asked him for (something) and he again gave
them. And then they asked him and he gave them
again till all that was with him finished. And
then he said "If I had anything. I would not
keep it away from you. (Remember) Whoever abstains
from asking others, Allah will make him contented,
and whoever tries to make himself self-sufficient,
Allah will make him self-sufficient. And whoever
remains patient, Allah will make him patient.
Nobody can be given a blessing better and greater
than patience."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
549:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
Allah's Apostle said, "By Him in Whose
Hand my life is, it is better for anyone of you to
take a rope and cut the wood (from the forest) and
carry it over his back and sell it (as a means of
earning his living) rather than to ask a person
for something and that person may give him or
not."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
550:
Narrated Az-Zubair bin Al'Awwam:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "It is better
for anyone of you to take a rope (and cut) and
bring a bundle of wood (from the forest) over his
back and sell it and Allah will save his face
(from the Hell-Fire) because of that, rather than
to ask the people who may give him or not."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
551:
Narrated 'Urwa bin Az-Zubair and Said bin
Al-Musaiyab:
Haklm bin Hizam said, "(Once) I asked
Allah's Apostle (for something) and he gave it to
me. Again I asked and he gave (it to me). Again I
asked and he gave (it to me). And then he said,
"O Hakim! This property is like a sweet fresh
fruit; whoever takes it without greediness, he is
blessed in it, and whoever takes it with
greediness, he is not blessed in it, and he is
like a person who eats but is never satisfied; and
the upper (giving) hand is better than the lower
(receiving) hand." Hakim added, "I said
to Allah's Apostle , 'By Him (Allah) Who sent you
with the Truth, I shall never accept anything from
anybody after you, till I leave this world.'
" Then Abu Bakr (during his caliphate) called
Hakim to give him his share from the war booty
(like the other companions of the Prophet ), he
refused to accept anything. Then 'Umar (during his
caliphate) called him to give him his share but he
refused. On that 'Umar said, "O Muslims! I
would like you to witness that I offered Hakim his
share from this booty and he refused to take
it." So Hakim never took anything from
anybody after the Prophet till he died.
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
552:
Narrated 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle used to give me something but I
would say to him, "would you give it to a
poorer and more needy one than l?" The
Prophet (p.b.u.h) said to me, "Take it. If
you are given something from this property,
without asking for it or having greed for it take
it; and if not given, do not run for it."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
553:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar
The Prophet said, "A man keeps on asking
others for something till he comes on the Day of
Resurrection without any piece of flesh on his
face." The Prophet added, "On the Day of
Resurrection, the Sun will come near (to, the
people) to such an extent that the sweat will
reach up to the middle of the ears, so, when all
the people are in that state, they will ask Adam
for help, and then Moses, and then Muhammad
(p.b.u.h) ." The sub-narrator added
"Muhammad will intercede with Allah to judge
amongst the people. He will proceed on till he
will hold the ring of the door (of Paradise) and
then Allah will exalt him to Maqam Mahmud (the
privilege of intercession, etc.). And all the
people of the gathering will send their praises to
Allah.
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
554:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "The poor person is not
the one who asks a morsel or two (of meals) from
the others, but the poor is the one who has
nothing and is ashamed to beg from others."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
555:
Narrated Ash-sha'bi:
The clerk of Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba narrated,
"Muawiya wrote to Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba:
Write to me something which you have heard from
the Prophet (p.b.u.h) ." So Al-Mughira wrote:
I heard the Prophet saying, "Allah has hated
for you three things:
1. Vain talks, (useless talk) that you talk too
much or about others.
2. Wasting of wealth (by extravagance)
3. And asking too many questions (in disputed
religious matters) or asking others for something
(except in great need). (See Hadith No. 591, Vol.
Ill)
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
556:
Narrated Sad (bin Abi Waqqas) :
Allah's Apostle distributed something (from the
resources of Zakat) amongst a group of people
while I was sitting amongst them, but he left a
man whom I considered the best of the lot. So, I
went up to Allah's Apostle and asked him secretly,
"Why have you left that person? By Allah! I
consider him a believer." The Prophet said,
"Or merely a Muslim (Who surrender to
Allah)." I remained quiet for a while but
could not help repeating my question because of
what I knew about him. I said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Why have you left that person? By Allah!
I consider him a believer. " The Prophet
said, "Or merely a Muslim." I remained
quiet for a while but could not help repeating my
question because of what I knew about him. I said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Why have you left that
person? By Allah! I consider him a believer."
The Prophet said, "Or merely a Muslim."
Then Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "I give
to a person while another is dearer to me, for
fear that he may be thrown in the Hell-fire on his
face (by renegating from Islam)."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
557:
Narrated Abu Huraira
Allah's Apostle said, "The poor person is
not the one who goes round the people and ask them
for a mouthful or two (of meals) or a date or two
but the poor is that who has not enough (money) to
satisfy his needs and whose condition is not known
to others, that others may give him something in
charity, and who does not beg of people."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
558:
Narrated Abu Huraira
The Prophet said, "No doubt, it is better
for a person to take a rope and proceed in the
morning to the mountains and cut the wood and then
sell it, and eat from this income and give alms
from it than to ask others for something."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
559:
Narrated Abu Humaid As-Sa'idi
We took part in the holy battle of Tabuk in the
company of the Prophet and when we arrived at the
Wadi-al-Qura, there was a woman in her garden. The
Prophet asked his companions to estimate the
amount of the fruits in the garden, and Allah's
Apostle estimated it at ten Awsuq (One Wasaq = 60
Sa's) and 1 Sa'= 3 kg. approximately). The Prophet
said to that lady, "Check what your garden
will yield." When we reached Tabuk, the
Prophet said, "There will be a strong wind
to-night and so no one should stand and whoever
has a camel, should fasten it." So we
fastened our camels. A strong wind blew at night
and a man stood up and he was blown away to a
mountain called Taiy, The King of Aila sent a
white mule and a sheet for wearing to the Prophet
as a present, and wrote to the Prophet that his
people would stay in their place (and will pay
Jizya taxation.) (1) When the Prophet reached
Wadi-al-Qura he asked that woman how much her
garden had yielded. She said, "Ten
Awsuq," and that was what Allah's Apostle had
estimated. Then the Prophet said, "I want to
reach Medina quickly, and whoever among you wants
to accompany me, should hurry up." The
sub-narrator Ibn Bakkar said something which
meant: When the Prophet (p.b.u.h) saw Medina he
said, "This is Taba." And when he saw
the mountain of Uhud, he said, "This mountain
loves us and we love it. Shall I tell you of the
best amongst the Ansar?" They replied in the
affirmative. He said, "The family of
Bani-n-Najjar, and then the family of Bani Sa'ida
or Bani Al-Harith bin Al-Khazraj. (The
above-mentioned are the best) but there is
goodness in all the families of Ansar."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
560:
Narrated Salim bin 'Abdullah from his father:
The Prophet said, "On a land irrigated by
rain water or by natural water channels or if the
land is wet due to a near by water channel Ushr
(i.e. one-tenth) is compulsory (as Zakat); and on
the land irrigated by the well, half of an Ushr
(i.e. one-twentieth) is compulsory (as Zakat on
the yield of the land)."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
561:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri :
The Prophet said, "There is no Zakat on
less than five Awsuq (of dates), or on less than
five camels, or on less than five Awaq of
silver." (22 Yameni Riyals Faransa).
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
562:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
Dates used to be brought to Allah's Apostle
immediately after being plucked. Different persons
would bring their dates till a big heap collected
(in front of the Prophet). Once Al-Hasan and
Al-Husain were playing with these dates. One of
them took a date and put it in his mouth. Allah's
Apostle looked at him and took it out from his
mouth and said, "Don't you know that
Muhammad's offspring do not eat what is given in
charity?"
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
563:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet had forbidden the sale of dates
till they were good (ripe), and when it was asked
what it meant, the Prophet said, "Till there
is no danger of blight."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
564:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah :
The Prophet had forbidden the sale of fruits
till they were ripe (free from blight).
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
565:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle forbade the selling of fruits
until they were ripe. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) added,
"It means that they become red ."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
566:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
Umar bin Al-Khattab gave a horse in charity in
Allah's Cause and later he saw it being sold in
the market and intended to purchase it. Then he
went to the Prophet and asked his permission. The
Prophet said, "Do not take back what you have
given in charity." For this reason, Ibn 'Umar
never purchased the things which he had given in
charity, and in case he had purchased something
(unknowingly) he would give it in charity again.
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
567:
Narrated 'Umar:
Once I gave a horse in Allah's Cause (in
charity) but that person did not take care of it.
I intended to buy it, as I thought he would sell
it at a low price. So, I asked the Prophet
(p.b.u.h) about it. He said, "Neither buy,
nor take back your alms which you have given, even
if the seller were willing to sell it for one
Dirham, for he who takes back his alms is like the
one who swallows his own vomit."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
568:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
Al-Hasan bin 'Ali took a date from the dates
given in charity and put it in his mouth. The
Prophet said, "Expel it from your mouth.
Don't you know that we do not eat a thing which is
given in charity?"
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
569:
Narrated Ibn Abbas :
The Prophet saw a dead sheep which had been
given in charity to a freed slavegirl of Maimuna,
the wife of the Prophet . The Prophet said,
"Why don't you get the benefit of its
hide?" They said, "It is dead." He
replied, "Only to eat (its meat) is
illegal."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
570:
Narrated Al-Aswad:
'Aisha intended to buy Barira (a slave-girl) in
order to manumit her and her masters intended to
put the condition that her Al-wala would be for
them. 'Aisha mentioned that to the Prophet who
said to her, "Buy her, as the
"Wala" is for the manumitted." Once
some meat was presented to the Prophet and 'Aisha
said to him, "This (meat) was given in
charity to Barira." He said, "It is an
object of charity for Barira but a gift for
us."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
571:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya Al-Ansariya :
The Prophet went to 'Aisha and asked her
whether she had something (to eat). She replied
that she had nothing except the mutton (piece)
which Nusaiba (Um 'Atiyya) had sent to us
(Buraira) in charity." The Prophet said,
"It has reached its place and now it is not a
thing of charity but a gift for us."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
572:
Narrated Anas:
Some meat was presented to the Prophet
(p.b.u.h) and it had been given to Barira (the
freed slave-girl of Aisha) in charity. He said,
"This meat is a thing of charity for Barira
but it is a gift for us."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
573:
Narrated Abu Ma'bad,:
(the slave of Ibn Abbas) Allah's Apostle said
to Muadh when he sent him to Yemen, "You will
go to the people of the Scripture. So, when you
reach there, invite them to testify that none has
the right to be worshipped but Allah, and that
Muhammad is His Apostle. And if they obey you in
that, tell them that Allah has enjoined on them
five prayers in each day and night. And if they
obey you in that tell them that Allah has made it
obligatory on them to pay the Zakat which will be
taken from the rich among them and given to the
poor among them. If they obey you in that, then
avoid taking the best of their possessions, and be
afraid of the curse of an oppressed person because
there is no screen between his invocation and
Allah."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
574i:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Abu Aufa :
Whenever a person came to the Prophet with his
alms, the Prophet would say, "O Allah! Send
your Blessings upon so and so." My father
went to the Prophet with his alms and the Prophet
said, "O Allah! Send your blessings upon the
offspring of Abu Aufa."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
574f:
Narrated Abu Huraira
The Prophet said, "A man from Bani Israel
asked someone from Bani Israel to give him a loan
of one thousand Dinars and the later gave it to
him. The debtor went on a voyage (when the time
for the payment of the debt became due) but he did
not find a boat, so he took a piece of wood and
bored it and put 1000 diners in it and threw it
into the sea. The creditor went out and took the
piece of wood to his family to be used as
fire-wood." (See Hadith No. 488 B, Vol. 3).
And the Prophet narrated the narration (and said),
"When he sawed the wood, he found his
money."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
575:
Narrated Abu Huraira
Allah's Apostle said, "There is no
compensation for one killed or wounded by an
animal or by falling in a well, or because of
working in mines; but Khumus is compulsory on
Rikaz."
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
576:
Narrated Abu Humaid Al-Sa'idi:
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) appointed a man
called Ibn Al-Lutbiya, from the tribe of Al-Asd to
collect Zakat from Bani Sulaim. When he returned,
(after collecting the Zakat) the Prophet checked
the account with him.
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
577:
Narrated Anas:
Some people from 'Uraina tribe came to Medina
and its climate did not suit them, so Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) allowed them to go to the herd
of camels (given as Zakat) and they drank their
milk and urine (as medicine) but they killed the
shepherd and drove away all the camels. So Allah's
Apostle sent (men) in their pursuit to catch them,
and they were brought, and he had their hands and
feet cut, and their eyes were branded with heated
pieces of iron and they were left in the Harra (a
stony place at Medina) biting the stones. (See
Hadith No. 234, Vol. 1)
Volume 2, Book 24, Number
578:
Narrated Anas bin Malik
took 'Abdullah bin Abu Talha to Allah's Apostle
to perform Tahnik for him. (Tahnik was a custom
among the Muslims that whenever a child was born
they used to take it to the Prophet who would chew
a piece of date and put a part of its juice in the
child's mouth). I saw the Prophet and he had an
instrument for branding in his hands and was
branding the camels of Zakat.
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