Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 469 – Volume 9, Book 93

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Volume 9, Book 93, Number 469:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When the Prophet sent Muadh to Yemen, he said to him, "You are going to a nation from the
people of the Scripture, so let the first thing to which you will invite them, be the Tauhid of Allah. If
they learn that, tell them that Allah has enjoined on them, five prayers to be offered in one day and
one night. And if they pray, tell them that Allah has enjoined on them Zakat of their properties and it
is to be taken from the rich among them and given to the poor. And if they agree to that, then take
from them Zakat but avoid the best property of the people."