Volume 2, Book 24, Number 549:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “By Him in Whose Hand my life is, it is better for anyone of you to take a rope
and cut the wood (from the forest) and carry it over his back and sell it (as a means of earning his
living) rather than to ask a person for something and that person may give him or not.”
Volume 2, Book 24, Number 550:
Narrated Az-Zubair bin Al’Awwam:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, “It is better for anyone of you to take a rope (and cut) and bring a
bundle of wood (from the forest) over his back and sell it and Allah will save his face (from the Hell-
Fire) because of that, rather than to ask the people who may give him or not.”
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 2 > BOOK 24: OBLIGATORY CHARITY TAX (ZAKAT)
Volume 2, Book 24, Number 551:
Narrated ‘Urwa bin Az-Zubair and Said bin Al-Musaiyab:
Hakim bin Hizam said, “(Once) I asked Allah’s Apostle (for something) and he gave it to me. Again
I asked and he gave (it to me). Again I asked and he gave (it to me). And then he said, “O Hakim! This
property is like a sweet fresh fruit; whoever takes it without greediness, he is blessed in it, and who –
ever takes it with greediness, he is not blessed in it, and he is like a person who eats but is never sat –
isfied; and the upper (giving) hand is better than the lower (receiving) hand.” Hakim added, “I said to
Allah’s Apostle , ‘By Him (Allah) Who sent you with the Truth, I shall never accept anything from
anybody after you, till I leave this world.’ ” Then Abu Bakr (during his caliphate) called Hakim to give
him his share from the war booty (like the other companions of the Prophet ), he refused to accept
anything. Then ‘Umar (during his caliphate) called him to give him his share but he refused. On that
‘Umar said, “O Muslims! I would like you to witness that I offered Hakim his share from this booty
and he refused to take it.” So Hakim never took anything from anybody after the Prophet till he died.
Volume 2, Book 24, Number 536:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Abu Bakr said, “By Allah! If they (pay me the Zakat and) with-hold even a she-kid which they
used to pay during the life-time of Allah’s Apostle, I will fight with them for it.” ‘Umar said, “It was
nothing but Allah Who opened Abu Bakr’s chest towards the decision to fight, and I came to know
that his decision was right.”
Volume 2, Book 24, Number 537:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When Allah’s Apostle (p.b.u.h) sent Muadh to Yemen, he said (to him), “YOU are going to people of
a (Divine) Book. First of all invite them to worship Allah (alone) and when they come to know Allah,
inform them that Allah has enjoined on them, five prayers in every day and night; and if they start
offering these prayers, inform them that Allah has enjoined on them, the Zakat. And it is to be taken
from the rich amongst them and given to the poor amongst them; and if they obey you in that, take
Zakat from them and avoid (don’t take) the best property of the people as Zakat.”
Volume 2, Book 24, Number 538:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Allah’s Apostle said, “No Zakat is imposed on less than five Awsuq of dates; no Zakat is imposed on
less than five Awaq of silver, and no Zakat is imposed on less than five camels.”
Volume 2, Book 24, Number 523:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “The example of a miser and an alms-giver is like the example of two persons
wearing iron cloaks.” Allah’s Apostle also said, “The example of an alms-giver and a miser is like the
example of two persons who have two iron cloaks on them from their breasts to their collar bones,
and when the alms-giver wants to give in charity, the cloak becomes capacious till it covers his
whole body to such an extent that it hides his fingertips and covers his footprints (obliterates his
tracks). (1) And when the miser wants to spend, it (the iron cloak) sticks and every ring gets stuck to
its place and he tries to widen it, but it did not become wide.
Volume 2, Book 24, Number 539:
Narrated Abu Dhar:
Once I went to him (the Prophet ) and he said, “By Allah in Whose Hands my life is (or probably
said, ‘By Allah, except Whom none has the right to be worshipped) whoever had camels or cows or
sheep and did not pay their Zakat, those animals will be brought on the Day of Resurrection far big –
ger and fatter than before and they will tread him under their hooves, and will butt him with their
horns, and (those animals will come in circle): When the last does its turn, the first will start again,
and this punishment will go on till Allah has finished the judgments amongst the people.”