Sahih al-Bukhari 1404

Book 24: Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat) · Hadith 9

Hadith text

وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ شَبِيبِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ فَقَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ أَخْبِرْنِي قَوْلَ اللَّهِ، ‏{‏وَالَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ وَلاَ يُنْفِقُونَهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ‏}‏ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ مَنْ كَنَزَهَا فَلَمْ يُؤَدِّ زَكَاتَهَا فَوَيْلٌ لَهُ، إِنَّمَا كَانَ هَذَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُنْزَلَ الزَّكَاةُ فَلَمَّا أُنْزِلَتْ جَعَلَهَا اللَّهُ طُهْرًا لِلأَمْوَالِ‏.‏

Narrated Khalid bin Aslam:We went out with 'Abdullah bin 'Umar and a bedouin said (to 'Abdullah), "Tell me about Allah's saying: "And those who hoard up gold and silver (Al-Kanz - money, gold, silver etc., the Zakat of which has not been paid) and spend it not in the Way of Allah (V.9:34)." Ibn 'Umar said, "Whoever hoarded them and did not pay the Zakat thereof, then woe to him. But these holy Verses were revealed before the Verses of Zakat. So when the Verses of Zakat were revealed, Allah made Zakat a purifier of the property

Khalid bin Aslam bataate hain: Hum Abdullah bin Umar ke saath bahar gaye, aur ek dehati ne (Abdullah se) kaha: "Mujhe batao Allah ke farmaan ka kya matlab hai: 'Aur jo log sona-chandi jama kar ke rakhte hain (Al-Kanz — jinki Zakat nahi di gayi) aur Allah ki raah mein kharch nahi karte' (9:34)." Ibn Umar ne kaha: "Jisne bhi unhe jama kiya aur unki Zakat nahi di, uspar afsos hai. Magar yeh paak ayaat Zakat ki ayaat se pehle nazil hui thin. Isliye jab Zakat ki ayaat nazil hui, Allah ne Zakat ko maal ko paak karne wali cheez bana diya."

Sahih al-Bukhari 1404 · Book 24, Hadith 9

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