Volume 9, Book 86, Number 88:
Narrated Talha bin ‘Ubaidullah:
A bedouin with unkempt hair came to Allah’s Apostle and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Tell me what
Allah has enjoined on me as regards prayers.” The Prophet said, “You have to offer perfectly the five
(compulsory) prayers in a day and a night (24 hrs.), except if you want to perform some extra op –
tional prayers.” The bedouin said, “Tell me what Allah has enjoined on me as regards fasting.” The
Prophet said, “You have to observe fast during the month of Ramadan except if you fast some extra
optional fast.” The bedouin said, “Tell me what Allah has enjoined on me as regard Zakat.” The
Prophet then told him the Islamic laws and regulations whereupon the bedouin said, “By Him Who
has honored you, I will not perform any optional deeds of worship and I will not leave anything of
what Allah has enjoined on me.” Allah’s Apostle said, “He will be successful if he has told the truth (or
he will enter Paradise if he said the truth).” And some people said, “The Zakat for one-hundred and
twenty camels is two Hiqqas, and if the Zakat payer slaughters the camels intentionally or gives them
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as a present or plays some other trick in order to avoid the Zakat, then there is no harm (in it) for
him.