Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 6956

Book 90: Tricks

Chapter 3 (Tricks) in Zakat
باب فِي الزَّكَاةِ وَأَنْ لاَ يُفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ مُجْتَمِعٍ، وَلاَ يُجْمَعَ بَيْنَ مُتَفَرِّقٍ، خَشْيَةَ الصَّدَقَةِ
Sahih al-Bukhari 6956

Narrated Talha bin ‘Ubaidullah:

A bedouin with unkempt hair came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger! Tell me what
Allah has enjoined on me as regards prayers.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “You have to offer perfectly the five
(compulsory) prayers in a day and a night (24 hrs.), except if you want to perform some extra optional
prayers.” The bedouin said, “Tell me what Allah has enjoined on me as regards fasting.” The Prophet (ﷺ)
said, “You have to observe fast during the month of Ramadan except if you fast some extra optional
fast.” The bedouin said, “Tell me what Allah has enjoined on me as regard Zakat.” The Prophet (ﷺ) then
told him the Islamic laws and regulations whereupon the bedouin said, “By Him Who has honored
you, I will not perform any optional deeds of worship and I will not leave anything of what Allah has
enjoined on me.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “He will be successful if he has told the truth (or he will enter
Paradise if he said the truth).” And some people said, “The Zakat for one-hundred and twenty camels
is two Hiqqas, and if the Zakat payer slaughters the camels intentionally or gives them as a present or
plays some other trick in order to avoid the Zakat, then there is no harm (in it) for him.

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا، جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثَائِرَ الرَّأْسِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي مَاذَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ ‏”‏ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسَ، إِلاَّ أَنْ تَطَوَّعَ شَيْئًا ‏”‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَخْبِرْنِي بِمَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ مِنَ الصِّيَامِ قَالَ ‏”‏ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ، إِلاَّ أَنْ تَطَوَّعَ شَيْئًا ‏”‏‏.‏ قَالَ أَخْبِرْنِي بِمَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ قَالَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم شَرَائِعَ الإِسْلاَمِ‏.‏ قَالَ وَالَّذِي أَكْرَمَكَ لاَ أَتَطَوَّعُ شَيْئًا وَلاَ أَنْقُصُ مِمَّا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ شَيْئًا‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏”‏ أَفْلَحَ إِنْ صَدَقَ ‏”‏‏.‏ أَوْ ‏”‏ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِنْ صَدَقَ ‏”‏‏.‏ وَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ فِي عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةِ بَعِيرٍ حِقَّتَانِ‏.‏ فَإِنْ أَهْلَكَهَا مُتَعَمِّدًا، أَوْ وَهَبَهَا أَوِ احْتَالَ فِيهَا فِرَارًا مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ، فَلاَ شَىْءَ عَلَيْهِ‏.‏

Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 6956
In-book reference
Book 90, Hadith 4
Grade: Sahih

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