38. Division of Charity
٣٨۔ كِتَابُ قَسْمِ الصَّدَقَاتِ
said When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Mu’adh to Yemen, he said to him You are going to a people who are people of the book. So call them to bear witness that there is no diety but Allah, and that I am the Messenger of Allah. If they obey you in this respect, tell them that Allah has prescribed five prayers on them every day and night. If they obey you in this regard tell them that Allah has prescribed sadaqah(zakat) on their property and returned it to their poor. If they obey you in this respect, do not take the best of their property. Beware of the curse of the oppressed, for there is no curtain between it and Allah. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1584)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ حِينَ بَعَثَهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ إِنَّكَ سَتَأْتِي قَوْمًا أَهْلَ كِتَابٍ فَإِذَا جِئْتَهُمْ فَادْعُهُمْ أَنْ يَشْهَدُوا أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ فَإِنْ هُمْ أَطَاعُوا لَكَ بِذَلِكَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ فَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ فَإِنْ هُمْ أَطَاعُوا لَكَ بِذَلِكَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ فَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَدَقَةً تُؤْخَذُ مِنْ أَغْنِيَائِهِمْ فَتُرَدُّ عَلَى فُقَرَائِهِمْ فَإِنْ هُمْ أَطَاعُوا لَكَ بِذَلِكَ فَإِيَّاكَ وَكَرَائِمَ أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاتَّقِ دَعْوَةَ الْمَظْلُومِ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ اللهِ حِجَابٌ
"A man came to the Prophet and said: 'I feared that I might be killed after you are gone for the sake of a goat or sheep of the Sadaqah.' He said: 'Were it not that it will be given to the poor Muhajirin I would not have taken it."' (Daif) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2466)
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ كِدْتُ أَنْ أُقْتَلَ بَعْدَكَ فِي عَنَاقٍ أَوْ شَاةٍ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْلَا أَنَّهَا تُعْطَى فُقَرَاءَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ مَا أَخَذْتُهَا
[Machine] If a man gives charity of one type from the eight types, he is granted reward. And from Al-Hajjaj, from 'Ata', Al-Hajjaj bin Arta'ah reports something similar, which can be utilized as evidence.
إِذَا أَعْطَى الرَّجُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ صِنْفًا وَاحِدًا مِنَ الْأَصْنَافِ الثَّمَانِيَةِ أَجْزَأَهُ وَعَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ بِنَحْوِهِ الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ لَا يُحْتَجُّ بِهِ
[Machine] From Umar ibn al-Khattab, while he was paused, and al-Hasan ibn Umarah was left behind.
عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ وَهُوَ مُنْقَطِعٌ وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ مَتْرُوكٌ
عَبَّاسٍ ؓ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ
[Machine] I said to Ibrahim, "Shall I give the zakat of my wealth in a certain category from the categories that Allah mentioned in His book, 'Indeed, charity is for the poor and the needy?'" He said, "Yes, and we have narrated it from Al-Hasan Al-Basri and from Ataa Ibn Abi Rabah."
قُلْتُ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ أَضَعُ زَكَاةَ مَالِي فِي صِنْفٍ مِنَ الْأَصْنَافِ الَّذِينَ ذَكَرَ اللهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ { إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ} [التوبة 60] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَرُوِّينَاهُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الْبَصْرِيِّ وَعَنِ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ
يَبْعَثَ الرَّجُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ فِي صِنْفٍ وَاحِدٍ