Narrated Ibn Abbas: said When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم sent Muadh to Yemen, he said to him You are going to a people who are people of the book. So call them to bear witness that there is no diety but Allah, and that I am the Messenger of Allah. If they obey you in this respect, tell them that Allah has prescribed five prayers on them every day and night. If they obey you in this regard tell them that Allah has prescribed sadaqah (zakat) on their property and returned it to their poor. If they obey you in this respect, do not take the best of their property. Beware of the curse of the oppressed, for there is no curtain between it and Allah.
Read More..Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: He who collects more sadaqah than is due is like him who refuses to pay it.
Read More..Narrated Bashir ibn al-Khasasiyyah: (Ibn Ubayd said in the version of his tradition that his name was not Bashir, but (it was) the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم (who had) named him Bashir) We said: (to the Messenger of Allah): The collectors of sadaqah collect more than is due; can we hide our property to that proportion? He replied: No.
Read More..The aforesaid tradition has also been narrated by Ayyub through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds We said Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم the collectors of sadaqah collect more than is due from us. Abu Dawud said Abd Al Razzaq narrated this tradition from Mamar attributing it to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم.
Read More..Narrated Jabir ibn Atik: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Riders who are objects of dislike to you will come to you, but you must welcome them when they come to you, and give them a free hand regarding what they desire. If they are just, they will receive credit for it, but if they are unjust, they will be held responsible. Please them, for the perfection of your zakat consists in their good pleasure, and let them ask a blessing for you. Abu Dawud said: The name of the narrator Abu al-Ghusn is Thabit bin Qais bin Ghusn.
Read More..Jabir bin Abdallah told of some people, meaning nomadic Arabs, who came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and said Collectors of zakat come to us and act unjustly. He said please those who collect the sadaqah from you. They asked Even if they wrong us, Messenger of Allah? He replied Please those who collect sadaqah from you. The version of Uthman adds “Even if you are wronged”. Abu Kamil said in this version “Jarir said No collector of zakat returned from me since I heard this from the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم, but he was pleased with me. ”
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