Abdullah bin Thalabah ibn Suayr reported on the authority of his father: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم stood and gave a sermon; he commanded to give sadaqah, at the end of Ramadan when the fasting is closed, one sa' of dried dates or of barley payable by every person. The narrator Ali added in his version: or one sa' of wheat to be taken from every two. Both the chains of narrators are then agreed upon the version: payable by young and old, freeman and slave.
Read More..Abdullah bin Thalabah said (the narrator Ahmad bin salih said: He, i. e “Abd al-Razzaq, said: He is ‘Adawl. Abu Dawud said: Ahmed bin Salih said: He is ‘Adhri): The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم delivered a speech before the closing fast (‘Id) by two days. He then transmitted the tradition like that of al Muqri (Abdullah bin Yazid).
Read More..Al-Hasan said: Ibn Abbas preached towards the end of Ramadan on the pulpit (in the mosque) of al-Basrah. He said: Bring forth the sadaqah relating to your fast. The people, as it were, could not understand. Which of the people of Madina are present here? Stand for your brethren, and teach them, for they do not know. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم prescribed this sadaqah as one sa' of dried dates or barley, or half a sa' of wheat payable by every freeman or slave, male or female, young or old. When Ali came (to Basrah), he found that price had come down. He said: Allah has given prosperity to you, so give one sa' of everything (as sadaqah). The narrator Humayd said: Al-Hasan maintained that the sadaqah at the end of Ramadan was due on a person who fasted.
Read More..Abu Hurairah said: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم sent Umar bin al-Khattab to collect sadaqa (All the people paid the zakat but ibn-jamil, Khalid bin al-walid and al-abbas refused. So the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Ibn-jamil is not (so much) objecting, but he was poor and Allah enriched him. As for Khalid bin Walid, you are wronging him, for he has kept back his courts of mail and weapons to use them in Allah’s path. As for al-Abbas, the uncle of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم, I shall be responsible for it and an equal amount along with it. Then he said did you not know (Umar) that a man’s paternal uncle is of the same stock as the father or his father?
Read More..Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: Al-Abbas asked the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم about paying the sadaqah (his zakat) in advance before it became due, and he gave permission to do that. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by Hushaim through a different chain of narrators. The version of Hushaim is more sound.
Read More..Ibrahim ibn Ata, the client of Imran ibn Husayn, reported on the authority of his father: Ziyad, or some other governor, sent Imran ibn Husayn to collect sadaqah (i. e. zakat). When he returned, he asked Imran: Where is the property? He replied: Did you send me to bring the property? We collected it from where we used to collect in the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم, and we spent it where we used to spend during the time of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم.
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