Zakat & Charity

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

"Save yourself from Hell-fire even by giving half a date-fruit in charity."

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! 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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Some of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) 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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

My grandfather, my father and I gave the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). The Prophet (ﷺ) got me engaged and then got me married. One day I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) with a complaint. My father Yazid...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

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."

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

The Prophet (ﷺ) 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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Once the Prophet (ﷺ) 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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

The Prophet (ﷺ) went out for the `Id prayer on the `Id day and offered a two rak`at prayer; and he neither offered a prayer before it or after it. Then he went towards the women along with Bilal. He...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

that his father said, "Whenever a beggar came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, "Do not withhold your money, (for if you did so) Allah would withhold His blessings from you." Narrated `Abda: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not withhold your money by counting it (i.e. hoarding it),...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

that she had gone to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said, "Do not shut your money bag; otherwise Allah too will withhold His blessings from you. Spend (in Allah's Cause) as much as you can afford. "

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Hudhaifa said, "`Umar said, 'Who amongst you remembers the statement of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) about afflictions'?' I said, 'I know it as the Prophet (ﷺ) had said it.' `Umar said, 'No doubt, you are bold. How did he say...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

I said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), "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 (ﷺ)...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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...