Sahih al-Bukhari 1454

Hadith text

Narrated Anas:When Abu Bakr; sent me to (collect the Zakat from) Bahrain, he wrote to me the following:-- (In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful). These are the orders for compulsory charity (Zakat) which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had made obligatory for every Muslim, and which Allah had ordered His Apostle to observe: Whoever amongst the Muslims is asked to pay Zakat accordingly, he should pay it (to the Zakat collector) and whoever is asked more than that (what is specified in this script) he should not pay it; for twenty-four camels or less, sheep are to be paid as Zakat; for every five camels one sheep is to be paid, and if there are between twenty-five to thirty-five camels, one Bint Makhad is to be paid; and if there are between thirty-six to forty-five (camels), one Bint Labun is to be paid; and if there are between forty-six to sixty (camels), one Hiqqa is to be paid; and if the number is between sixty-one to seventy-five (camels), one Jadha is to be paid; and if the number is between seventy-six to ninety (camels), two Bint Labuns are to be paid; and if they are from ninety-one to one-hundredand twenty (camels), two Hiqqas are to be paid; and if they are over one-hundred and-twenty (camels), for every forty (over one-hundred-and-twenty) one Bint Labun is to be paid, and for every fifty camels (over one-hundred-and-twenty) one Hiqqa is to be paid; and who ever has got only four camels, has to pay nothing as Zakat, but if the owner of these four camels wants to give something, he can. If the number of camels increases to five, the owner has to pay one sheep as Zakat. As regards the Zakat for the (flock) of sheep; if they are between forty and one-hundred-and-twenty sheep, one sheep is to be paid; and if they are between one-hundred-and-twenty to two hundred (sheep), two sheep are to be paid; and if they are between two-hundred to three-hundred (sheep), three sheep are to be paid; and for over three-hundred sheep, for every extra hundred sheep, one sheep is to be paid as Zakat. And if somebody has got less than forty sheep, no Zakat is required, but if he wants to give, he can. For silver the Zakat is one-fortieth of the lot (i.e. 2.5%), and if its value is less than two-hundred Dirhams, Zakat is not required, but if the owner wants to pay he can

Anas (رضی اللہ عنہ) bataate hain: Jab Abu Bakr ne mujhe Bahrain (Zakat jama karne) bheja, unhone mujhe likha: "(Allah ke naam se, jo bada meherbaan, nihaayat reham karne wala hai) Yeh farz sadqe (Zakat) ke hukum hain jo Allah ke Rasool ne har Musalman par farz kiye the, jinhe Allah ne apne Rasool ko poora karne ka hukum diya. Musalmanon mein se jisse iske mutabiq Zakat maangi jaaye, use deni chahiye, aur jisse isse zyada maanga jaaye, use nahi deni chahiye; chaubees ya usse kam oonton par bhedein di jaayengi Zakat mein; har paanch oonton par ek bhed; agar pachchees se paintis oont hon, ek Bint Makhad di jaayegi; aur agar chhattees se paintalis, ek Bint Labun; aur agar chhiyalis se saath, ek Hiqqa; aur agar ekaasath se pachhattar, ek Jadha; aur agar chhihattar se navve, do Bint Labun; aur agar ekaanave se ek sau bees, do Hiqqa; aur agar ek sau bees se zyada, har chaalees (ek sau bees se upar) par ek Bint Labun, aur har pachaas par ek Hiqqa; aur jiske paas sirf chaar oont hon, uspar Zakat nahi, magar agar maalik kuch dena chahe, de sakta hai. Agar tadaad paanch tak pahunche, maalik ko ek bhed Zakat mein deni hogi. Bhedon ki Zakat ke baare mein: agar chaalees se ek sau bees bhedein hon, ek bhed deni hai; agar ek sau bees se do sau, do bhedein; agar do sau se teen sau, teen bhedein; aur teen sau se upar, har sau par ek bhed. Agar kisi ke paas chaalees se kam bhedein hon, Zakat zaroori nahi, magar agar woh dena chahe, de sakta hai. Chandi ki Zakat ek-chaalisvaan hissa hai (yaani 2.5%), aur agar iski qeemat do sau Dirham se kam ho, Zakat zaroori nahi, magar agar maalik dena chahe, de sakta hai."

Sahih al-Bukhari 1454 · Book 24, Hadith 57