Sahih al-Bukhari 1416
Book 24: Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat) · Hadith 20
Hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَمَرَنَا بِالصَّدَقَةِ انْطَلَقَ أَحَدُنَا إِلَى السُّوقِ فَتَحَامَلَ فَيُصِيبُ الْمُدَّ، وَإِنَّ لِبَعْضِهِمُ الْيَوْمَ لَمِائَةَ أَلْفٍ.
Narrated Abu Mas`ud Al-Ansari:Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered us to give in charity, we used to go to the market and work as porters and get a Mudd (a special measure of grain) and then give it in charity. (Those were the days of poverty) and today some of us have one hundred thousand
Abu Mas'ud Al-Ansari (رضی اللہ عنہ) bataate hain: Jab bhi Allah ke Rasool humein sadqa dene ka hukum dete, hum bazaar jate aur boojh uthaane ka kaam karte aur ek Mudd (ek khaas maqdaar ka anaaj) kamate, phir usse sadqa mein dete. (Yeh gareebi ke din the) aur aaj hum mein se kuch ke paas ek lakh (dirham) tak hai.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1416 · Book 24, Hadith 20