Sahih Muslim

by Imam Muslim, translation by Abdul Hamid Siddiqui , Volume: The Book of Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

Chapter: BLESSING FOR HIM WHO PRESENTS SADAQA

2358.
	'Abdullah b. Abu Aufa said that it was the common practice of the Mes- senger of Allah (may peace be upon him) that when the people brought to him sadaqa he blessed them: 0 Allah, bless them. So when Abu Aufa brought to him Sadaqa he (the Holy Prophet) said: 0 Allah, bless, the posterity of Abu Aufa.
2359.
	This hadith has been narrated by Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters (but with a slight variation of words, that he said): (0 Allah), bless them."

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Chapter 1
NO ZAKAT IS DUE FROM A MUSLIM ON HIS SLAVE OR HIS HORSE
SENDING OFF FOR THE PAYMENT OF ZAKAT AND OF REFUSING TO PAY IT
ZAKAT (SADAQA) FITR IS BINDING ON EVERY MUSLIM
TAKING OUT OF SADAQAT-UL-FITR BEFORE OBSERVING FITR PRAYER
SIN OF ONE WHO DOES NOT PAY ZAKAT
PLEASING OF THE COLLECTOR
THE GRAVITY OF PUNISHMENT FOR ONE WHO DOES NOT PAY ZAKAT
EXHORTATION TO GIVE SADAQA
HOARDERS OF WEALTH AND PUNISHMENT TO THEM
EXHORTATION TO SPEND AND TIDINGS TO HIM WHO SPENDS (ON GOOD DEEDS)
EXCELLENCE OF SPENDING ON ONE'S FAMILY, AND SERVANT, AND SIN OF ONE WHO NEGLECTS OR WITHHOLDS THEIR SUBSISTENCE
BEGINNING OF SPENDING FOR ONE'S OWN SELF, THEN FOR ONE'S FAMILY AND THEN FOR RELATIVES
EXCELLENCE OF SPENDING AND GIVING SADAQA TO RELATIVES, TO WIFE, TO CHILDREN, AND PARENTS EVEN IF THEY ARE POLYTHEISTS
GETTING OF REWARD FOR SADAQA FOR THE DEAD GIVEN ON HIS OR HER BEHALF
SADAQA INCLUDES ALL TYPES OF GOOD ACTS
CONCERNING ONE WHO SPENDS AND WHO WITHHOLDS
ACCEPTANCE OF SADAQA BY HONEST WORK AND ITS GROWTH
EXHORTATION TO SADAQA EVEN THOUGH IT IS HALF A DATE, OR A GOOD WORD, FOR THEY ARE PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE
THE LABOURER SHOULD GIVE CHARITY OUT OF HIS WAGES AND IT IS SEVERELY FORBIDDEN TO BELITTLE ONE WHO CONTRIBUTES LESS
EXCELLENCE OF GIVING A GIFT
THE LIKENESS OF ONE WHO SPENDS (IN THE PATH OF ALLAH) AND ONE WHO WITHHOLDS
PROOF OF REWARD FOR THE GIVER OF CHARITY EVEN IF IT GOES INTO THE HANDS OF AN UNDESERVING PERSON
THE REWARD FOR AN HONEST TRUSTEE AND FOR THE WOMAN AS SHE GIVES CHARITY FROM THE HOUSEHOLD OF HER HUSBAND EITHER WITH HIS EXPLICIT SANCTION OR AS IT IS CUSTOMARY
CONCERNING THE COLLECTION OF SADAQA AND DOING OF GOOD DEEDS
EXHORTATION TO SPEND (FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH) AND DISAPPROVAL OF CALCULATING (THE ARTICLES OF CHARITY)
EXHORTATION TO GIVE CHARITY EVEN THOUGH IT IS SMALL (THE ONE WHO GIVES) SMALL AMOUNT SHOULD NEITHER BE DISCOURAGED NOR LOOKED DOWN UPON
EXCELLENCE OF GIVING SADAQA SECRETLY
THE MOST EXCELI, ENT SADAQA IS THAT WHICH IS GIVEN WHEN ONE IS HEALTHY AND CLOSE-FISTED
CONCERNING THE STATEMENT THAT THE UPPER HAND IS BETTER THAN, THE LOWER HAND, AND THE UPPER HAND IS THAT WHICH GIVES AND THE LOWER ONE IS THAT WHICH RECEIVES
IT IS FORBIDDEN TO BEG
MISKIN (POOR MAN) IS ONE WHO DOES NOT FIND ENOUGH TO SATISFY HIM AND THE PROPLR DO NOT CONSIDER HIM (NEEDY) AS TO GIVE HIM CHARITY
DISAPPROVAL OF BEGGING FROM PEOPLE
ONE FOR WHOM BEGGING IS PERMISSIBLE
PERMISSIBILITY TO ACCEPT WHAT IS GIVEN WITHOUT BEGGING, OR WITHOUT BEING AVARICIOUS
DISAPPROVAL OF THE LONGING FOR THE (POSSESSIONS OF THE MATERIAL) WORLD
IF THERE WERE TWO VALLEYS (OF GOLD) FOR THE SON OF ADAM, HE WOULD LONG FOR THE THIRD ONE
ONE IS NOT RICH BECAUSE OF THE ABUNDANCE OF GOODS
FEAR OF WHAT WOULD COME OUR OF THE ADORNMENT OF THE WORLD
EXCELLENCE OF ABSTAINING FROM BEGGING AND THAT OF ENDURANCE
GIVING CHARITY TO ONE WHO BEGGED IMPORTUNATELY OR WITH UNCIVILITY
BESTOWAL UPON ONE WHO IS NOT FIRM IN FAITH
BESTOWAL UPON THOSE WHO ARE MADE TO INCLINE (TO TRUTH)
THE KHWARIJ AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS
EXHORTATION TO KILL THE KHWARIJ
IT'IS FORBIDDEN TO PAY ZAKAT TO THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AND BANU HASHIM AND BANU MUTTALIB
THE POSTERITY OF THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) IS NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE USE OF SADAQA
ACCEPTING OF GIFT BY THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AND REFUSING THE SADAQA
BLESSING FOR HIM WHO PRESENTS SADAQA
TO PLEASE THE COLLECTOR OF ZAKAT, UNLESS HE MAKES AN UNJUST DEMAND