24. Zakāh (Ritual Charity)

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24.10 "Protect yourself from Hell-fire even with half a date"

٢٤۔١٠ باب اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ

[Machine] "And the small amount of charity is like those who spend their wealth seeking the pleasure of Allah and to strengthen their souls" verse, and until His saying: "from all kinds of fruits."

وَالْقَلِيلِ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ: {وَمَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمُ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاةِ اللَّهِ وَتَثْبِيتًا مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ} الآيَةَ وَإِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ}.

Not chastising those who give charity as much as they are able to

bukhari:1415 – ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Nuʿmān al-Ḥakam b. ʿAbdullāh al-Baṣrī > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Abū Wāʾil > Abū Masʿūd

When the ayah of charity was revealed, we used to hire ourselves out to carry loads. Then a man came and gave a large amount in charity, so they said, "He is showing off." Another man came and gave a saʿ in charity, so they said, "Allah has no need of this man's saʿ." Then there was revealed: "Those who criticize the willing givers among the believers regarding charities, and those who find nothing except their own effort..." (Tawbah 9:79) to the end of the ayah.

البخاري:١٤١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ الْحَكَمُ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ ؓ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الصَّدَقَةِ كُنَّا نُحَامِلُ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِشَىْءٍ كَثِيرٍ، فَقَالُوا: مُرَائِي. وَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِصَاعٍ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَغَنِيٌّ عَنْ صَاعِ هَذَا. فَنَزَلَتِ ﴿ الَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ الْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ وَالَّذِينَ لاَ يَجِدُونَ إِلاَّ جُهْدَهُمْ ﴾ الآيَةَ.

bukhari:1416 – Saʿīd b. Yaḥyá from my father > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī

Whenever Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered us to give in charity, we used to go to the market and work as porters and get a Mudd (a special measure of grain) and then give it in charity. (Those were the days of poverty) and today some of us have one hundred thousand.

البخاري:١٤١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ

عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ ؓ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَمَرَنَا بِالصَّدَقَةِ انْطَلَقَ أَحَدُنَا إِلَى السُّوقِ فَتَحَامَلَ فَيُصِيبُ الْمُدَّ وَإِنَّ لِبَعْضِهِمُ الْيَوْمَ لَمِائَةَ أَلْفٍ

No charity is insignificant

bukhari:1417 – Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh b. Maʿqil > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

I heard the the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: "Protect yourself from Hellfire even by giving half a date ˹in charity˺."

البخاري:١٤١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَعْقِلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَدِيَّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ ؓ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ۔»

Treating daughters with compassion during difficulty is a shield from Hellfire

bukhari:1418 – Bishr b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr b. Ḥazm > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

A woman came with two daughters of hers, asking ˹for charity˺. I did not find anything with me except a single date, so I gave it to her. She divided it between her two daughters and did not eat any of it herself. Then she got up and left. Then the Prophet ﷺ came in to us, and I informed him, and he said: “Whoever is tested with something of these daughters, they will be a shield for him from the Fire.”

البخاري:١٤١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

دَخَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مَعَهَا ابْنَتَانِ لَهَا تَسْأَلُ۔ فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عِنْدِي شَيْئًا غَيْرَ تَمْرَةٍ، فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهَ،ا فَقَسَمَتْهَا بَيْنَ ابْنَتَيْهَا وَلَمْ تَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا، ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَخَرَجَتْ فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَيْنَا فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ: «مَنِ ابْتُلِيَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَنَاتِ بِشَىْءٍ كُنَّ لَهُ سِتْرًا مِنَ النَّارِ».