Zakat & Charity

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying The best sadaqah is that which leaves a competence ; and begin with those for whom you are responsible.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

Abu Hurairah reported I asked Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), What kind of sadaqah is most excellent? He replied What a man with little property can afford to give; and begin with those for whom you are responsible.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us one day to give sadaqah. At that time I had some property. I said: Today I shall surpass AbuBakr if I surpass him any day. I, therefore, brought half my property. The Messenger...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

Sa’id reported Sa’d came to the Prophet (SWAS) and asked him Which sadaqah do you like most? He replied Water.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

The above mentioned tradition has also been narrated by Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah from the Prophet (ﷺ) in the same manner.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

Sa'd asked: Messenger of Allah, Umm Sa'd has died; what form of sadaqah is best? He replied: Water (is best). He dug a well and said: It is for Umm Sa'd.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If any Muslim clothes a Muslim when he is naked, Allah will clothe him with some green garments of Paradise; if any Muslim feeds a Muslim when he is hungry, Allah will feed him with some...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There are forty characteristics; the highest of them is to give a goat on loan (for benefiting from its milk). If any man carries out any of those characteristics with the hope of getting a reward...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

Abu Musa reported The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying The faithful trustee who gives what he is commanded completely and in full with a good will, and delivers it to the one whom he was told to give it,...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

A’ishah reported The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying When a woman gives (some of the property) from her husband’s house, not wasting it, she will have her reward for what she has spent, and her husband will have his...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

Sa’d said When the Messenger of Allah (SWAS) took the oath of allegiance from woman, a woman of high rank, who seemed to be one of the women of Mudar, rose and said Prophet of Allah (SWAS), we are dependant...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

Abu Hurairah reported The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying When a woman gives something her husband has earned without being commanded by him to do so, she has half his reward.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

‘Ata said Abu Hurairah was asked Whether a woman could give sadaqah from the house (property) of her husband. He replied `No’. She can give it from her maintenance. The reward will be divided between them. It is not lawful...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

Anas said When the verse “You will never attain righteousness until you give freely of what you love" came down, Abu Talhah said Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I think our Lord asks us for our property. I call you as...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

I had a slave girl and I set her free. When the Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon me, I informed him (of this). He said : May Allah give reward for it; if you had given her to your maternal uncles,...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

The Prophet (ﷺ) commanded to give sadaqah. A man said: Messenger of Allah, I have a dinar. He said: Spend it on yourself. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your children. He again said: I...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

It is sufficient sin for a man that he neglects him whom he maintains.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

Anyone who is pleased that his sustenance is expanded and his age extended should do kindness to his near relatives.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Allah the Exalted has said: I am Compassionate, and this has been derived from mercy. I have derived its name from My name. If anyone joins it, I shall join him, and...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

The above mentioned tradition has also been narrated by `Abd al-Rahman bin ‘Awf from the Messenger of Allah (SWAS) through a different chain of narrators to the same effect.