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617. Abū Dharr narrated: "I came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ while he was sitting in the shade of the Ka'bah." He said: "He saw me approaching and he said: 'They are lost on the Day of Judgement! By the Lord of the Ka'bah!'" He said: "I said to myself: Woe is me! Perhaps something has been revealed about me!" He said: "So I said: 'Who are they, and may my father and mother be ransomed for you.' So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'They are those who have much,[2] except for who says like this, and this, and this and motioned with his hand to his front, and to his right, and to his left.' Then he said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! No man will die, leaving a camel or a cow that he did not pay Zakāt on, except that it will come on the Day
of Judgement larger and fatter than it was, they will tread him under their hooves and butt him with their horns, all of them; such that when the last of them has had a turn, the first returns to him, until he is judged before the people.”) (Sahīh)
There is something on this topic from Abū Hurairah that is similar. And from ‘Alī bin Abī Tālib, may Allāh be pleased with him: “Cursed is the one who withholds Sadaqah”[1] and (from) Qabiṣah bin Hulb from his father, and from Jābir bin ‘Abdullāh, and ‘Abdullāh bin Mas’ūd.
Abū ‘Eisā said: The Hadīth of Abū Dharr is a Hasan Sahīh Hadīth.
Abū Dharr’s name is Jundab bin As-Sakan, and they say it is Ibn Junādah.
(Another chain) that Aḍ-Ḍahhāk bin Al-Muzāḥim said: “Those who have much’ refers to those who have tens of thousands.”
[He said: ‘Abdullāh bin Munīr is Marwazī[2] and he is a righteous man.]
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Footnotes
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[1] Zakāt literally means augmentations and increase it also means purification, praise and righteousness. The due amount paid on wealth is called "Zakāt" because it increases the wealth in blessing and purifies the giver. It is an obligation due on particular types of properties and given to specific categories of Muslims at a specific time.
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[2] "Those who have much wealth" according to Al-Bukhārī and Muslim.
Commentary
One meaning of Zakāt is purifying and cleansing and the other meaning is refinement, increase and growth. This applies to the obligatory and voluntary charity, household and other living expenses, and fulfillment of financial obligations. It also applies to the things that are more than what is needed.
