Hadith 1448

Zakāt may be paid in kind (and not in cash).

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Darussalam · Volume 2

24 - THE BOOK OF ZAKĀT

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 1448 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 116

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English translation

1448. Narrated Anas رضي الله عنه: Abū Bakr رضي الله عنه wrote to me what Allāh had instructed His Messenger ﷺ to do regarding the one who had to pay one Bint Makhāḍ (i.e. one-year-old she-camel) as Zakāt, and he did not have it but had got Bint Labūn (two-year-old she-camel). (He wrote that) it could be accepted from him as Zakāt, and the collector of Zakāt would return him 20 Dirhams(1) or two sheep; and if the Zakāt prayer had not a Bint Makhāḍ, but he had Ibn Labūn (a two-year-old he-camel) then it could be accepted as his Zakāt, but he would not be paid anything.

Arabic text

1448 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ثُمَامَةُ، أَنَّ أَنَسًا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ حَدَّثَهُ: أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَتَبَ لَهُ الَّتِي أَمَرَ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ صَدَقَتُهُ بِنْتَ مَخَاضٍ وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ، وَعِنْدَهُ بِنْتُ لَبُونٍ فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ وَيُعْطِيهِ المُصَدِّقُ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا أَوْ شَاتَيْنِ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ بِنْتُ مَخَاضٍ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا، وَعِنْدَهُ ابْنُ لَبُونٍ فَإِنَّهُ يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُ شَيْءٌ»

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(1) (H.1448) One Dirham equals about 3\frac{1}{5} grams of silver.