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646. Anas bin Mālik narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The one who commits transgression with charity is like the one who does not pay it." (Hasan)
He said: There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Umar, Umm Salamah, and Abū Hurairah.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Anas is a Gharīb Hadīth from this route.
Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal has criticized
Sa'd bin Sinān. This is how it was narrated by Al-Laith bin Sa'd, from Yazīd bin Abī Ḥabīb, from Sa'd bin Sinān, from Anas bin Mālik. ['Amr bin Al-Ḥārīth and Ibn Lahī'ah said: "From Yazīd bin Abī Ḥabīb, from Sinān bin Sa'd, from Anas."]. Abū 'Eisā said: I heard Muḥammad saying: "Sinān bin Sa'd is what is correct." And regarding his saying: "The one who commits transgression with charity is like the one who does not pay it" it is as if he is saying: "For the one who commits transgression is the sin just like the one who does not pay it."
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Footnotes
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[1] At-Tirmidhī narrated this Hadīth with two different chains.
Commentary
This is the apparent and true meaning of the Hadīth, that as it is a crime and sin not to pay the Zakāt, likewise it is also a crime and sin that a Zakāt collector takes from the people more than what is due, or he takes the best quality and the fine one; because if a Zakāt collector deals unjustly and unfairly the people will avoid the payment of Zakāt and they will conceal their wealth.
