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658. Ḥaṣṣah bint Sīrīn narrated from Ar-Rabāb, from her uncle Salmān bin 'Āmir that he related that the Prophet ﷺ said: "When one of you breaks his fast, then let him do so with dried dates, for they are blessed. Whoever does not find dates, then water, for it is purifying." And he said: "Charity given to the needy is (counted as) charity, and if it is given to relatives it is (counted as) two: charity and nurturing (the ties of kinship)." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
(He said:) There are narrations on this topic from Zainab the wife of 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd, Jābir, and Abū Hurairah.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of Salmān bin 'Āmir is a Hasan Ḥadīth. Ar-Rabāb is Umm Ar-
Rā'ih bint Sulaī'. This is how a similar Hadīth was reported by Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, from 'Āsim, from Hafṣah bint Sīrīn, from Ar-Rabāb, from Salmān bin 'Āmir, from the Prophet ﷺ. And Shu'bah reported it from 'Āsim, from Hafṣah bint Sīrīn, from Salmān bin 'Āmir, and he did not mention "From Ar-Rabāb" in it. The narrations of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī and Ibn 'Uyainah (narrators in the chain of this Hadīth) are more correct. Similarly, it was reported by Ibn 'Awn and Hishām bin Ḥassān from Hafṣah bint Sīrīn, from Ar-Rabāb, from Salmān bin 'Āmir.
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A person has two types of relatives: a): The origin i.e. parents, children and spouse; b): and other than the origin like: paternal and maternal uncles etc. A person is responsible for the expenses and maintenance of the first type of relatives, therefore they are not entitled to take Zakāt, yet the voluntary charity may be given to them. Other type of relatives for whom a person is not responsible for expenses and maintenance, any type of charity, obligatory or voluntary, may be given to them and doing so on the basis of keeping the tie of relations will have the reward two-fold.
