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(Tricks) in Zakāt and (the order that) one should neither divide property into various portions nor collect various portions together in order to avoid Zakāt.

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Darussalam · Volume 9

90 - THE BOOK OF TRICKS

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

الحديث: 6956 ¦ الجزء: 9 ¦ الصفحة: 23

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6956. Narrated Ṭalḥa bin 'Ubaidullāh رضي الله عنه: A bedouin with unkempt hair came to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and said, "O Allāh's Messenger! Tell me what Allāh has enjoined on me as regards Aṣ-Ṣalāt (the prayers)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have to offer (perfectly) the five (compulsory) Ṣalāt (prayers) (in a day and a night i.e., 24 hours), (Iqāmat-aṣ-Ṣalāt)(1) except if you want to offer the Nawāfil (optional) prayers." The bedouin said, "Tell me what Allāh has enjoined on me as regards Aṣ-Siyām (the fasting)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have to observe, fasting during the month of Ramaḍān, except if you want to offer Nawāfil fast." The bedouin said, "Tell me what Allāh has enjoined on me as regards Zakāt." The Prophet ﷺ then told him the Islāmic Laws and regulations whereupon the bedouin said, "By Him Who has honoured you, I will not perform any optional deeds of worship and I will not leave anything of what Allāh has enjoined on me." Allāh'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 Zakāt for one hundred and twenty camels is two Ḥiqqa(2), and if the Zakāt payer slaughters the camels intentionally or gives them as a present or plays some other trick in order to avoid the Zakāt, then there is no harm (in it) for him." (See H. 46)

Arabic text

6956 - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ: أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثَائِرَ الرَّأْسِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَخْبِرْنِي مَاذَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ؟ فَقَالَ: «الصَّلَوَاتِ الخَمْسَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَطَوَّعَ شَيْئًا» فَقَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي بِمَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الصِّيَامِ؟ قَالَ: «شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَطَوَّعَ شَيْئًا» قَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي بِمَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ؟ قَالَ: فَأَخْبَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَرَائِعَ الإِسْلاَمِ. قَالَ: وَالَّذِي أَكْرَمَكَ، لاَ أَتَطَوَّعُ شَيْئًا، وَلاَ أَنْقُصُ مِمَّا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ شَيْئًا. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أَفْلَحَ إِنْ صَدَقَ، أَوْ: دَخَلَ الجَنَّةَ إِنْ صَدَقَ " وَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ: «فِي عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةِ بَعِيرٍ حِقَّتَانِ، فَإِنْ أَهْلَكَهَا مُتَعَمِّدًا، أَوْ وَهَبَهَا، أَوِ احْتَالَ فِيهَا فِرَارًا مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ، فَلاَ شَيْءَ عَلَيْهِ»

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  1. 1

    (1) (H.6956) Iqamat-aṣ-Ṣalāt: See the glossary.

  2. 2

    (2) (H.6956) Al-Ḥiqqa is a she-camel that has completed its third year in age.