12. The Book of Zakat
١٢۔ كتاب الزكاة
Alternatives charitable acts when one is not able to give money
The Prophet ﷺ said, "On every Muslim there is enjoined charity." They asked, "If one has nothing?' He said, "He should work with his hands so that he may benefit himself and give in charity." They said, "If he cannot work or does not work?" He said, "Then he should help the oppressed unhappy person." They said, "If he cannot do that?" He said, "Then he should enjoin what is good." They said, "If he cannot do that?" He said, "Then he should refrain from doing evil, for that will be considered for Him as charity. "
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ صَدَقَةٌ»، قَالُوا: فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ؟ قَالَ: «فَيَعْمَلُ بِيَدَيْهِ فَيَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ وَيَتَصَدَّقُ»، قَالُوا: فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَوْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ؟ قَالَ: «فَيُعِينُ ذَا الْحَاجَةِ الْمَلْهُوفَ»، قَالُوا: فَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ؟ قَالَ: «فَيَأْمُرُ بِالْخَيْرِ»، أَوْ قَالَ: «بِالْمَعْرُوفِ» قَالَ: فَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ؟ قَالَ: «فَيُمْسِكُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ؛ فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ.»
Helping people is charity
the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Every joint of a person must give charity each day the sun rises: (1) acting justly between two people is charity; (2) helping a man with his riding animal—lifting him onto it or raising his belongings onto it—is charity; (3) a kind word is charity; (4) every step he takes toward prayer is charity; and (5) removing something harmful from the road is charity.”
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «كُلُّ سُلاَمَى مِنَ النَّاسِ عَلَيْهِ صَدَقَةٌ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ تَطْلُعُ فِيهِ الشَّمْسُ: (١) يَعْدِلُ بَيْنَ الاِثْنَيْنِ صَدَقَةٌ، (٢) وَيُعِينُ الرَّجُلَ عَلَى دَابَّتِهِ فَيَحْمِلُ عَلَيْهَا أَوْ يَرْفَعُ عَلَيْهَا مَتَاعَهُ صَدَقَةٌ، (٣) وَالْكَلِمَةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ صَدَقَةٌ، (٤) وَكُلُّ خَطْوَةٍ يَخْطُوهَا إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ صَدَقَةٌ، (٥) وَيُمِيطُ الأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ صَدَقَةٌ»