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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “There is no Zakat either on a slave or on a horse belonging to a Muslim.”

Once the Prophet (ﷺ) sat on a pulpit and we sat around him. Then he said, “The things I am afraid of most
for your sake (concerning what will befall you after me) is the pleasures and splendors of the world
and its beauties which will be disclosed to you.” Somebody said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Can the good
bring forth evil?” The Prophet (ﷺ) remained silent for a while. It was said to that person, “What is wrong
with you? You are talking to the Prophet (p.b.u.h) while he is not talking to you.” Then we noticed
that he was being inspired divinely. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) wiped off his sweat and said, “Where is the
questioner?” It seemed as if the Prophet (ﷺ) liked his question. Then he said, “Good never brings forth
evil. Indeed it is like what grows on the banks of a water-stream which either kill or make the animals
sick, except if an animal eats its fill the Khadira (a kind of vegetable) and then faces the sun, and then
defecates and urinates and grazes again. No doubt this wealth is sweet and green. Blessed is the
wealth of a Muslim from which he gives to the poor, the orphans and to needy travelers. (Or the
Prophet said something similar to it) No doubt, whoever takes it illegally will be like the one who eats
but is never satisfied, and his wealth will be a witness against him on the Day of Resurrection.”

Zainab, the wife of `Abdullah said, “I was in the Mosque and saw the Prophet (p.b.u.h) saying, ‘O
women ! Give alms even from your ornaments.’ ” Zainab used to provide for `Abdullah and those
orphans who were under her protection. So she said to `Abdullah, “Will you ask Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)
whether it will be sufficient for me to spend part of the Zakat on you and the orphans who are under
my protection?” He replied “Will you yourself ask Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) ?” (Zainab added): So I went to the
Prophet and I saw there an Ansari woman who was standing at the door (of the Prophet (ﷺ) ) with a
similar problem as mine. Bilal passed by us and we asked him, ‘Ask the Prophet (ﷺ) whether it is
permissible for me to spend (the Zakat) on my husband and the orphans under my protection.’ And we
requested Bilal not to inform the Prophet (ﷺ) about us. So Bilal went inside and asked the Prophet (ﷺ)
regarding our problem. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) asked, “Who are those two?” Bilal replied that she was
Zainab. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Which Zainab?” Bilal said, “The wife of `Abdullah (bin Mas`ud).” The
Prophet said, “Yes, (it is sufficient for her) and she will receive a double rewards (for that): One for
helping relatives, and the other for giving Zakat.”

(the daughter of Um Salama) My mother said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall I receive a reward if I spend
for the sustenance of Abu Salama’s offspring, and in fact they are also my sons?” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied,
“Spend on them and you will get a reward for what you spend on them.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) ordered (a person) to collect Zakat, and that person returned and told him
that Ibn Jamil, Khalid bin Al-Walid, and `Abbas bin `Abdul Muttalib had refused to give Zakat.” The
Prophet said, “What made Ibn Jamil refuse to give Zakat though he was a poor man, and was made
wealthy by Allah and His Apostle ? But you are unfair in asking Zakat from Khalid as he is keeping
his armor for Allah’s Cause (for Jihad). As for `Abbas bin `Abdul Muttalib, he is the uncle of Allah’s
Apostle (p.b.u.h) and Zakat is compulsory on him and he should pay it double.”

Some Ansari persons asked for (something) from Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) and he gave them. They
again asked him for (something) and he again gave them. And then they asked him and he gave them
again till all that was with him finished. And then he said “If I had anything. I would not keep it away
from you. (Remember) Whoever abstains from asking others, Allah will make him contented, and
whoever tries to make himself self-sufficient, Allah will make him self-sufficient. And whoever
remains patient, Allah will make him patient. Nobody can be given a blessing better and greater than
patience.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) 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.”

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.”

Hakim bin Hizam said, “(Once) I asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (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
whoever takes it with greediness, he is not blessed in it, and he is like a person who eats but is never
satisfied; and the upper (giving) hand is better than the lower (receiving) hand.” Hakim added, “I said
to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) , ‘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 (ﷺ) ), 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 (ﷺ) till he died.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to give me something but I would say to him, “would you give it to a poorer and
more needy one than l?” The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said to me, “Take it. If you are given something from
this property, without asking for it or having greed for it take it; and if not given, do not run for it.”