Zakat & Charity

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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."

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Once I went to him (the Prophet (ﷺ) ) 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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

On `Id ul Fitr or `Id ul Adha Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "There is no Zakat either on a horse or a slave belonging to a Muslim."

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is no Zakat either on a slave or on a horse belonging to a Muslim."

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Once the Prophet (ﷺ) 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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

(the daughter of Um Salama) My mother said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! 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 (ﷺ) replied, "Spend...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (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 Jamil...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Some Ansari persons asked for (something) from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Hakim bin Hizam said, "(Once) I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (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,...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

The Prophet (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) added, "On the Day of Resurrection, the Sun will...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

The Prophet (ﷺ) 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."

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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...