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While I was sitting with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) two person came to him; one of them complained
about his poverty and the other complained about the prevalence of robberies. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said,
“As regards stealing and robberies, there will shortly come a time when a caravan will go to Mecca
(from Medina) without any guard. And regarding poverty, The Hour (Day of Judgment) will not be
established till one of you wanders about with his object of charity and will not find anybody to accept
it And (no doubt) each one of you will stand in front of Allah and there will be neither a curtain nor an
interpreter between him and Allah, and Allah will ask him, ‘Did not I give you wealth?’ He will reply
in the affirmative. Allah will further ask, ‘Didn’t send a messenger to you?’ And again that person will
reply in the affirmative Then he will look to his right and he will see nothing but Hell-fire, and then he
will look to his left and will see nothing but Hell-fire. And so, any (each one) of you should save
himself from the fire even by giving half of a date-fruit (in charity). And if you do not find a hall datefruit,
then (you can do it through saying) a good pleasant word (to your brethren). (See Hadith No.
793 Vol. 4).

A Bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “Tell me of such a deed as will make me enter Paradise, if I
do it.” The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, “Worship Allah, and worship none along with Him, offer the (five)
prescribed compulsory prayers perfectly, pay the compulsory Zakat, and fast the month of Ramadan.”
The Bedouin said, “By Him, in Whose Hands my life is, I will not do more than this.” When he (the
Bedouin) left, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whoever likes to see a man of Paradise, then he may look at this
man.”Narrated Abu Zur’a:From the Prophet (ﷺ) the same as above.

Thy Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, “A time will come upon the people when a person will wander about with
gold as Zakat and will not find anybody to accept it, and one man will be seen followed by forty
women to be their guardian because of scarcity of men and great number of women. ”

A delegation of the tribe of `Abdul Qais came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! We are
from the tribe of Rabi`a, and the infidels of the tribe of Mudar stands between us and you; so we
cannot come to you except during the Sacred Months. Please order us to do something (religious
deeds) which we may carry out and also invite to it our people whom we have left behind.” The
Prophet said, “I order you to do four things and forbid you four others: (I order you) to have faith in
Allah, and confess that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, (and the Prophet (ﷺ) gestured with
his hand like this (i.e. one knot) and to offer prayers perfectly and to pay the Zakat, and to pay onefifth
of the booty in Allah’s Cause. And I forbid you to use Dubba’, Hantam, Naqir and Muzaffat (all
these are the names of utensils used for preparing alcoholic drinks).”

When the verses of charity were revealed, we used to work as porters. A man came and distributed
objects of charity in abundance. And they (the people) said, “He is showing off.” And another man
came and gave a Sa (a small measure of food grains); they said, “Allah is not in need of this small
amount of charity.” And then the Divine Inspiration came: “Those who criticize such of the believers
who give in charity voluntarily and those who could not find to give in charity except what is
available to them.” (9.79).

When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) died and Abu Bakr became the caliph some Arabs renegade (reverted to
disbelief) (Abu Bakr decided to declare war against them), `Umar, said to Abu Bakr, “How can you
fight with these people although Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight the
people till they say: “None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and whoever said it then he will
save his life and property from me except on trespassing the law (rights and conditions for which he
will be punished justly), and his accounts will be with Allah.’ ” Abu Bakr said, “By Allah! I will fight
those who differentiate between the prayer and the Zakat as Zakat is the compulsory right to be taken
from the property (according to Allah’s orders) By Allah! If they refuse to pay me even a she-kid
which they used to pay at the time of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) . I would fight with them for withholding it”
Then `Umar said, “By Allah, it was nothing, but Allah opened Abu Bakr’s chest towards the decision
(to fight) and I came to know that his decision was right.”

When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) died and Abu Bakr became the caliph some Arabs renegade (reverted to
disbelief) (Abu Bakr decided to declare war against them), `Umar, said to Abu Bakr, “How can you
fight with these people although Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight the
people till they say: “None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and whoever said it then he will
save his life and property from me except on trespassing the law (rights and conditions for which he
will be punished justly), and his accounts will be with Allah.’ ” Abu Bakr said, “By Allah! I will fight
those who differentiate between the prayer and the Zakat as Zakat is the compulsory right to be taken
from the property (according to Allah’s orders) By Allah! If they refuse to pay me even a she-kid
which they used to pay at the time of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) . I would fight with them for withholding it”
Then `Umar said, “By Allah, it was nothing, but Allah opened Abu Bakr’s chest towards the decision
(to fight) and I came to know that his decision was right.”

I gave the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet (ﷺ) for offering prayer perfectly, giving Zakat, and giving
good advice to every Muslim.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “(On the Day of Resurrection) camels will come to their owner in the best state of
health they have ever had (in the world), and if he had not paid their Zakat (in the world) then they
would tread him with their feet; and similarly, sheep will come to their owner in the best state of
health they have ever had in the world, and if he had not paid their Zakat, then they would tread him
with their hooves and would butt him with their horns.” The Prophet (ﷺ) added, “One of their rights is that
they should be milked while water is kept in front of them.” The Prophet (ﷺ) added, “I do not want anyone
of you to come to me on the Day of Resurrection, carrying over his neck a sheep that will be bleating.
Such a person will (then) say, ‘O Muhammad! (please intercede for me,) I will say to him. ‘I can’t help
you, for I conveyed Allah’s Message to you.’ Similarly, I do not want anyone of you to come to me
carrying over his neck a camel that will be grunting. Such a person (then) will say “O Muhammad!
(please intercede for me).” I will say to him, “I can’t help you for I conveyed Allah’s message to you.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Whoever is made wealthy by Allah and does not pay the Zakat of his wealth,
then on the Day of Resurrection his wealth will be made like a baldheaded poisonous male snake with
two black spots over the eyes. The snake will encircle his neck and bite his cheeks and say, ‘I am your
wealth, I am your treasure.’ ” Then the Prophet (ﷺ) recited the holy verses:– ‘Let not those who withhold .
. .’ (to the end of the verse). (3.180).