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)   

رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا بَعَثَ مُعَاذًا إِلَى الْيَمَنِ قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّكَ تَأْتِي قَوْمًا أَهْلَ كِتَابٍ فَادْعُهُمْ إِلَى شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَإِنْ هُمْ أَجَابُوكَ لِذَلِكَ فَأَعْلِمْهُمْ أَنَّ اللهَ قَدِ افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ فَإِنْ هُمْ أَجَابُوكَ لِذَلِكَ فَأَعْلِمْهُمْ أَنَّ اللهَ قَدِ افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَدَقَةً فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ تُؤْخَذُ مِنْ أَغْنِيَائِهِمْ فَتُرَدُّ فِي فُقَرَائِهِمْ فَإِنْ هُمْ أَجَابُوكَ لِذَلِكَ فَإِيَّاكَ وَكَرَائِمَ أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَإِيَّاكَ وَدَعْوَةَ الْمَظْلُومِ فَإِنَّهَا لَيْسَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ اللهِ حِجَابٌ  

While we were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ in the mosque, a man came riding on a camel. He made his camel kneel down in the mosque, tied its foreleg and then said: "Who amongst you is Muhammad?" At that time the Prophet ﷺ was sitting amongst us (his companions) leaning on his arm. We replied, "This white man reclining on his arm." The man then addressed him, "O Son of ʿAbdul Muttalib." The Prophet ﷺ said, "I am here to answer your questions." The man said to the Prophet, "I want to ask you something and will be hard in questioning. So do not get angry." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Ask whatever you want." The man said, "I ask you by your Lord, and the Lord of those who were before you, has Allah sent you as an Apostle to all the mankind?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "By Allah, yes." The man further said, "I ask you by Allah. Has Allah ordered you to offer five prayers in a day and night (24 hours).? He replied, "By Allah, Yes." The man further said, "I ask you by Allah! Has Allah ordered you to observe fasts during this month of the year (i.e. Ramadan)?" He replied, "By Allah, Yes." The man further said, "I ask you by Allah. Has Allah ordered you to take Zakat (obligatory charity) from our rich people and distribute it amongst our poor people?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "By Allah, yes." Thereupon that man said, "I have believed in all that with which you have been sent, and I have been sent by my people as a messenger, and I am Dimam bin Thaʿlaba from the brothers of Bani Saʿd bin Bakr." (Using translation from Bukhārī 63)   

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ؓ يَقُولُ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جُلُوسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى جَمَلٍ فَأَنَاخَهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ثُمَّ عَقَلَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَيُّكُمْ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُتَّكِئٌ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْهِمْ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ الْأَبْيَضُ الْمُتَّكِئُ فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ يَا ابْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَجَبْتُكَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي سَائِلُكَ فَمُشْتَدٌّ عَلَيْكَ فِي الْمَسْأَلَةِ فَلَا تَجِدُ فِي نَفْسِكَ فَقَالَ سَلْ مَا بَدَا لَكَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ نَشَدْتُكَ بِرَبِّكَ وَرَبِّ مَنْ قَبْلَكَ آللَّهُ أَرْسَلَكَ إِلَى النَّاسِ كُلِّهِمْ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَنْشُدُكَ اللهَ آللَّهُ أَمَرَكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسَ فِي الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلَةِ؟ فَقَالَ اللهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَنْشُدُكَ اللهَ آللَّهُ أَمَرَكَ بِصَوْمِ هَذَا الشَّهْرِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَنْشُدُكَ اللهَ آللَّهُ أَمَرَكَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةَ مِنْ أَغْنِيَائِنَا فَتُقْسَمَ عَلَى فُقَرَائِنَا؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ آمَنْتُ بِمَا جِئْتَ بِهِ وَأَنَا رَسُولُ مَنْ وَرَائِي مِنْ قَوْمِي وَأَنَا ضِمَامُ بْنُ ثَعْلَبَةَ أَخُو بَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ  

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 you send me to bring the property? We collected it from where we used to collect in the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we spent it where we used to spend during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1625)   

وَلِلْمَالِ أَرْسَلْتُمُونِي أَخَذْنَاهَا مِنْ حَيْثُ كُنَّا نَأْخُذُهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَوَضَعْنَاهَا حَيْثُ كُنَّا نَضَعُهَا  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ sent a messenger among us to collect zakat from the wealthy and distribute it among the poor. He ordered me to shave my head. This hadith is known as the narration of Ash'ath ibn Sawwar, who was not a strong individual.  

بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِينَا سَاعِيًا فَأَخَذَ الصَّدَقَةَ مِنْ أَغْنِيَائِنَا فَوَضَعَهَا فِي فُقَرَائِنَا وَأَمَرَ لِي بِقَلُوصٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ يُعْرَفُ بِأَشْعَثَ بْنِ سَوَّارٍ وَلَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent someone to collect charity, and he instructed that the charity should be taken from our wealthy ones and distributed among our poor ones. I was an orphan boy with no wealth, so he gave me a small portion of it.  

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَاعِيًا عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ فَأَمَرَ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ الصَّدَقَةَ مِنْ أَغْنِيَائِنَا فَيَقْسِمَهَا فِي فُقَرَائِنَا وَكُنْتُ غُلَامًا يَتِيمًا لَا مَالَ لِي فَأَعْطَانِي مِنْهَا قَلُوصًا  

[Machine] That Mu'adh bin Jabal decided that whenever a man moves from his own tribe to another tribe, his tenth and his charity should go to his own tribe.  

أَنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ ؓ قَضَى أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ انْتَقَلَ مِنْ مِخْلَافِ عَشِيرَتِهِ إِلَى غَيْرِ مِخْلَافِ عَشِيرَتِهِ فَعُشْرُهُ وَصَدَقَتُهُ إِلَى مِخْلَافِ عَشِيرَتِهِ  

[Machine] Zakat cannot be taken out of one place to another except for a case where someone with close family ties has been stopped, and the chain of narrators is weakened in its transmission.  

لَا تَخْرُجُ الزَّكَاةُ مِنْ بَلَدٍ إِلَى بَلَدٍ إِلَّا لِذِي قَرَابَةٍ مَوْقُوفٌ وَفِي إِسْنَادِهِ ضَعْفٌ