Abu Salama bin 'Abdur Rahman أبو سلمة بن عبد الرحمن بن عوف · The Book of Zakah

concerning the Verse in which Allah, the Mighty and Subline, says: And do not aim at that which is bad to spend from it." This refers to had quality dates. The Messenger of Allah forbade taking bad quality dates as Sadaqah.

"I said: 'O Prophet of Allah! I did not come to you until I had sworn more that this many times' - the number of fingers on his hands - 'that I would never come to you or follow your religion. I am a man who does not know anything except that which Allah and His Messenger teach me. I ask you by the face of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, with what has your Lord sent you to us?…