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Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1554

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: There is no zakat payable (on grain or dates) on less than five camel-loads. The wasq (one camel-load) measures sixty sa' in weight. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1556

Narrated Imran ibn Husayn: Habib al-Maliki said: A man said to Imran ibn Husayn: AbuNujayd, you narrate to us traditions whose basis we do not find in the Quran. Thereupon, Imran got angry and said to the man: Do you find in the Quran that one dirham is due on forty dirhams ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1557

Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to order us to pay the sadaqah (zakat) on what we prepared for trade. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1558

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: A woman came to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and she was accompanied by her daughter who wore two heavy gold bangles in her hands. He said to her: Do you pay zakat on them? She said: No. He then said: Are you pleased that All...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1559

Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin: I used to wear gold ornaments. I asked: Is that a treasure (kanz), Apostle of Allah? He replied: whatever reaches a quantity on which zakat is payable is not a treasure (kanz) when the zakat is paid. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1563

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) wrote a letter about sadaqah (zakat) but he died before he could send it to his governors. He had kept it with his sword. So AbuBakr acted upon it till he died, and then Umar acted upon it till he died. It ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1567

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: Al-Harith al-A'war reported from Ali. Zuhayr said: I think, the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: "Pay a fortieth. A dirham is payable on every forty, but you are not liable for payment until you have accumulated two hundred dirhams. When you have ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1568

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: "When you possess two hundred dirhams and one year passes on them, five dirhams are payable. Nothing is incumbent on you, that is, on gold, till it reaches twenty dinars. When you possess twenty dinars and one ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1569

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: I have given exemption regarding horses and slaves; with regard to coins, however, you must pay a dirham for every forty (dirhams), but nothing is payable on one hundred and ninety. When the total reaches two h...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1570

Narrated Mu'awiyah ibn Haydah: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: For forty pasturing camels, one she-camel in her third year is to be given. The camels are not to be separated from reckoning. He who pays zakat with the intention of getting reward will be rewarde...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1571

Narrated Mu'adh ibn Jabal: When the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) sent him to the Yemen, he ordered him to take a male or a female calf a year old for every thirty cattle and a cow in its third year for every forty, and one dinar for every adult (unbeliever as a poll-tax) or c...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1574

Narrated Someone who accompanied the collector of the Prophet: Suwayd ibn Ghaflah said: I went myself or someone who accompanied the collector of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) told me: It was recorded in the document written by the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) not ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1576

Narrated Sa'r ibn Disam: Muslim ibn Shu'bah said: Nafi' ibn Alqamah appointed my father as charge d'affaires of his tribe, and commanded him to collect sadaqah (zakat) from them. My father sent me to a group of them; so I came to an aged man called Sa'r ibn Disam I said: My ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1577

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mu'awiyah al-Ghadiri: AbuDawud said: I read in a document possessed by Abdullah ibn Salim at Hims: Abdullah ibn Mu'awiyah al-Ghadiri reported the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) as saying: He who performs three things will have the taste of the faith. (They...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1578

Narrated Ubayy ibn Ka'b: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) commissioned me as a collector of zakat. I visited a man. When he had collected his property of camels, I found that a she-camel in her second year was due from him. I said to him: Pay a she-camel in her secon...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1580

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who collects more sadaqah than is due is like him who refuses to pay it. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1581

Narrated Bashir ibn al-Khasasiyyah: (Ibn Ubayd said in the version of his tradition that his name was not Bashir, but (it was) the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) (who had) named him Bashir) We said: (to the Apostle of Allah): The collectors of sadaqah collect more than...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1583

Narrated Jabir ibn Atik: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Riders who are objects of dislike to you will come to you, but you must welcome them when they come to you, and give them a free hand regarding what they desire. If they are just, they will receive credit for it,...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1587

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: There is to be no collecting of sadaqah (zakat) from a distance, nor must people who own property remove it far away, and their sadaqahs are to be received in their dwelling. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1590

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: No sadaqah is due on a horse or a slave except that given at the breaking of the fast (at the end of Ramadan). ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1595

Narrated Mu'adh ibn Jabal: When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) sent him to the Yemen, he said (to him): Collect corn from the corn, sheep from the sheep, camel from the camels, and cow from the cows. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1596

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr Ibn al-'As: Hilal, a man from the tribe of Banu Mat'an brought a tenth of honey which he possessed in beehives to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). He asked him (the apostle of Allah) to give the wood known as Salabah as a protected (or rest...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1597

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: Banu Shababah were a sub-clan of the tribe Fahm. (They used to pay) one bag (of honey) out of ten bags. Sufyan ibn Abdullah ath-Thaqafi gave them two woods as protected lands. They used to give as much honey (as zakat) as they gave to th...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1599

Narrated Attab ibn Usayd: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) commanded to estimate vines (for collecting zakat) as palm-trees are estimated. The zakat is to be paid in raisins as the zakat on palm trees is paid in dried dates. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1601

Narrated Sahl ibn AbuHathmah: AbdurRahman ibn Mas'ud said: Sahl ibn AbuHathmah came to our gathering. He said: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) commanding us said: When you estimate take them leaving a third, and if you do not leave or find a third, leave a quarter. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1602

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: Describing the conquest of Khaybar Aisha said: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) used to send Abdullah ibn Rawahah to the Jews of Khaybar, and he would make an estimate of the palm trees when the fruit was in good condition before any of it was ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1603

Narrated Sahl ibn Hunayf: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) prohibited to accept ja'rur and habiq dates as zakat. Az-Zuhri said: These are two kinds of the dates of Medina. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1604

Narrated Awf ibn Malik: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) entered upon us in the mosque, and he had a stick in his hand. A man hung there a bunch of hashaf. He struck the bunch with the stick, and said: If the owner of this sadaqah (alms) wishes to give a better one t...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1605

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) prescribed the sadaqah (alms) relating to the breaking of the fast as a purification of the fasting from empty and obscene talk and as food for the poor. If anyone pays it before the prayer (of 'Id), it wi...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1610

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The people during the lifetime of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to bring forth the sadaqah at the end of Ramadan when closing the fast one sa' of barley whose straw is removed, or of raisins. Abdullah said: When Umar (Allah be plea...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1614

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: I shall always pay one sa'. We used to pay during the lifetime of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) one sa' of dried dates or of barley, or of cheese, or of raisins. This is the version of Yahya. Sufyan added in his version: "or one sa' of...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1615

Narrated Tha'labah ibn Su'ayr: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: One sa' of wheat is to be taken from every two, young or old, freeman or slave, male or female. Those of you who are rich will be purified by Allah, and those of you who are poor will have more tha...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1616

Narrated Tha'labah ibn Su'ayr: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) 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...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1618

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: 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 Medina are prese...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1620

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: Al-Abbas asked the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) about paying the sadaqah (his zakat) in advance before it became due, and he gave permission to do that. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1621

Narrated Imran ibn Husayn: 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...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1622

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who begs (from people) when he is affluent will come on the Day of Resurrection with scrapes, scratchings, or lacerations on his face. He was asked: What constitutes affluence, Apostle of Allah? He replie...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1624

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone begs when he has something equivalent to an uqiyah in value, he has begged immoderately. So I said: My she-camel, Yaqutah, is better than an uqiyah. The version of Hisham goes: "better than forty di...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1625

Narrated Sahl ibn Hanzaliyyah: Uyaynah ibn Hisn and Aqra' ibn Habis came to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). They begged from him. He commanded to give them what they begged. He ordered Mu'awiyah to write a document to give what they begged. Aqra' took his document,...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1626

Narrated Ziyad ibn al-Harith as-Suda'i: I came to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and swore allegiance to him, and after telling a long story he said: Then a man came to him and said: Give me some of the sadaqah (alms). The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said:...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1628

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said something similar as mentioned in the preceding tradition. This version adds: But the poor man (miskin) who abstains from begging from the people is one (according to the version of Musaddad who does not get...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1629

Narrated Ubaydullah ibn Adl ibn al-Khiyar: Two men informed me that they went to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) when he was at the Farewell Pilgrimage while he was distributing the sadaqah and asked him for some of it. He looked us up and down, and seeing that we were robus...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1630

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Sadaqah may not be given to a rich man or to one who has strength and is sound in limbs. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1631

Narrated Ata ibn Yasar: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Sadaqah may not be given to rich man, with the exception of five classes: One who fights in Allah's path, or who collects it, or a debtor, or a man who buys it with his money, or a man who has a poor neighbour who...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1635

Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Acts of begging are lacerations with which a man disfigures his face, so he who wishes may preserve his self-respect, and he who wishes may abandon it; but this does not apply to one who begs from a ruler, or...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1637

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: A man of the Ansar came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and begged from him. He (the Prophet) asked: Have you nothing in your house? He replied: Yes, a piece of cloth, a part of which we wear and a part of which we spread (on the ground), and a wo...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1641

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If one who is afflicted with poverty refers it to me, his poverty will not be brought to an end; but if one refers it to Allah, He will soon give him sufficiency, either by a speedy death or by a sufficiency...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1642

Narrated Ibn al-Firasi: Al-Firasi asked the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him): May I beg, Apostle of Allah? The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: No, but if there is no escape from it, beg from the upright. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1645

Narrated Malik ibn Nadlah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Hands are of three types: Allah's hand is the upper one; the bestower's hand is the one near it; the beggar's hand is the lower one. So bestow what is surplus, and do not submit yourself to the demand of your s...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1646

Narrated AbuRafi': The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) sent a man of the Banu Makhzum to collect sadaqah. He said to AbuRafi': Accompany me so that you may get some of it. He said: (I cannot take it) until I go to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and ask him. Then he went to him ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1649

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: My father sent me to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) to take the camels which he had given him from among those of sadaqah. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1653

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: During the time of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) we used to consider ma'un (this of daily use) lending a bucket and cooking-pot. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1656

Narrated AbuHurayrah: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) as saying something similar to this tradition. He (the narrator) said to AbuHurayrah: What is due on camels? He replied: That you should give the best of your camels (in the path of Allah), that you lend ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1660

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: When this verse was revealed: "And those who hoard gold and silver," the Muslims were grieved about it. Umar said: I shall dispel your care. He, therefore, went and said: Prophet of Allah, your Companions were grieved by this verse. The Apostle o...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1661

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A beggar has the right though he may be riding (a horse). ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1663

Narrated Umm Bujayd: She took the oath of allegiance to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and said to him: Apostle of Allah, a poor man stands at my door, but I find nothing to give him. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said to her: If you do not find anything...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1665

Narrated Buhaysah al-Fazariyyah: My father sought permission from the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him). (When permission was granted and he came near him) he lifted his shirt, and began to kiss him and embrace him (out of love for him). He asked: Apostle of Allah, what is the thi...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1667

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Nothing but Paradise must be begged for Allah's sake. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1668

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone seeks protection in Allah's name, grant him protection; if anyone begs in Allah's name, give him something; if anyone gives you an invitation, accept it; and if anyone does you a kindness, recompense...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1669

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: While we were sitting with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) a man brought him some gold equal in weight to an egg, and said: Apostle of Allah, I have got this from a mine; take it; it is sadaqah. I have no more than this. The Apostle of A...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1671

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: A man entered the mosque. The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) commanded the people to throw their clothes as sadaqah. Thereupon they threw their clothes (as sadaqah). He then asked him to take two clothes from them. He reprimanded him and said: Take ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1674

Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) 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 Apostle of Allah (peace_...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1677

Narrated Sa'd ibn Ubadah: Sa'd asked: Apostle 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. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1678

Narrated AbuSa'id (al-Khudri): The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) 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 of the fruits of Pa...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1679

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) 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 an...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1687

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) commanded to give sadaqah. A man said: Apostle 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 have another. He said: Spend it o...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1690

Narrated AbdurRahman ibn Awf: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) 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 if anyone cuts it off, I ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1694

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) preached and said: Abstain from avarice, for those who had been before you were annihilated due to avarice. It (avarice) commanded them to show niggardliness; it commanded them to cut off their re...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1696

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: AbuMulaykah reported: Aisha counted a number of indigents. AbuDawud said: The other version has: She counted a number of sadaqahs. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Give and do not calculate, so calculation will be made against yo...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1697

Narrated Ubayy ibn Ka'b: Suwayd ibn Ghaflah said: I fought along with Zayd ibn Suhan and Sulayman ibn Rabi'ah. I found a whip. They said to me: Throw it away. I said: No; if I find its owner (I shall give it to him); if not, I shall use it. Then I performed hajj; and when I ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1702

Narrated Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was asked about a find. He said: Make it known for a year. If its seeker comes, deliver it to him, otherwise note its container and its string. Then use it; if its seeker comes, deliver it to him. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1705

Narrated Iyad ibn Himar: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who finds something should call one or two trusty persons as witnesses and not conceal it or cover it up; then if he finds its owner he should return it to him, otherwise it is Allah's property which He gives ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1706

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was asked about the hanging fruit. He replied: If a needy person takes some and does not take a supply away in his garment, he is not to be blamed, but he who carries any of it away is to be find ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1710

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: Ali ibn AbuTalib found a dinar and he took it to Fatimah. She asked the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) about it. He said: This is Allah's provision. Then the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) ate out of the food (bought with it), and Ali...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 9: 1711

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: Bilal ibn Yahya al-Absi said: Ali found a dinar and purchased some flour with it. The seller of the flour recognised him and returned the dinar to him. Ali took it, deducted two qirat (carat) from it, and purchased meat with it. ...