When the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم died and Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ was made his successor after him and certain Arab clans apostatized. Umar bin Al Khattab رضی اللہ عنہ said to Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ How can you fight with the people until they say “There is no God but Allah” so whoever says “There is no God but Allah”, he has protected his property and his person from me except for what is due from him, and his reckoning is left to Allah. Abu Bak رضی اللہ عنہ replied I swear by Allah that I will certainly fight with those who make a distinction between prayer and zakat, for zakat is what is due from property. I swear by Allah that if they were to refuse me a rope of camel (or a female kid, according to another version)which they used to pay the Messenger of Allah, I will fight with them over the refusal of it. Umar bin Al Khattab رضی اللہ عنہ said I swear by Allah, I clearly saw Allah had made Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ feel justified in tighting and I recognized that it was right. Abu Dawud said This tradition has been transmitted by Rabah bin Zaid from Mamar and Al Zaubaidi from Al Zuhri has “If they were to refuse me a female kid. ” The version transmitted by ‘Anbasah from Yunus on the authority of Al Zuhri has “a female kid”.

This version has “Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ said its due is the payment of zakat. ” He used the word “a rope of a Camel”

The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying No sadaqah (zakat) is payable on less than five camels, on less than five ounces of silver and on less than five camel loads (wasq).

When the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم died and Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ was made his successor after him and certain Arab clans apostatized. Umar bin Al Khattab رضی اللہ عنہ said to Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ How can you fight with the people until they say “There is no God but Allah” so whoever says “There is no God but Allah”, he has protected his property and his person from me except for what is due from him, and his reckoning is left to Allah. Abu Bak رضی اللہ عنہ replied I swear by Allah that I will certainly fight with those who make a distinction between prayer and zakat, for zakat is what is due from property. I swear by Allah that if they were to refuse me a rope of camel (or a female kid, according to another version)which they used to pay the Messenger of Allah, I will fight with them over the refusal of it. Umar bin Al Khattab رضی اللہ عنہ said I swear by Allah, I clearly saw Allah had made Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ feel justified in tighting and I recognized that it was right. Abu Dawud said This tradition has been transmitted by Rabah bin Zaid from Mamar and Al Zaubaidi from Al Zuhri has “If they were to refuse me a female kid. ” The version transmitted by ‘Anbasah from Yunus on the authority of Al Zuhri has “a female kid”.

This version has “Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ said its due is the payment of zakat. ” He used the word “a rope of a Camel”

The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying No sadaqah (zakat) is payable on less than five camels, on less than five ounces of silver and on less than five camel loads (wasq).

When the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم died and Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ was made his successor after him and certain Arab clans apostatized. Umar bin Al Khattab رضی اللہ عنہ said to Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ How can you fight with the people until they say “There is no God but Allah” so whoever says “There is no God but Allah”, he has protected his property and his person from me except for what is due from him, and his reckoning is left to Allah. Abu Bak رضی اللہ عنہ replied I swear by Allah that I will certainly fight with those who make a distinction between prayer and zakat, for zakat is what is due from property. I swear by Allah that if they were to refuse me a rope of camel (or a female kid, according to another version)which they used to pay the Messenger of Allah, I will fight with them over the refusal of it. Umar bin Al Khattab رضی اللہ عنہ said I swear by Allah, I clearly saw Allah had made Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ feel justified in tighting and I recognized that it was right. Abu Dawud said This tradition has been transmitted by Rabah bin Zaid from Mamar and Al Zaubaidi from Al Zuhri has “If they were to refuse me a female kid. ” The version transmitted by ‘Anbasah from Yunus on the authority of Al Zuhri has “a female kid”.

This version has “Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ said its due is the payment of zakat. ” He used the word “a rope of a Camel”

The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying No sadaqah (zakat) is payable on less than five camels, on less than five ounces of silver and on less than five camel loads (wasq).

The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: There is no zakat payable (on grain or dates) on less than five camel-loads. The wasq (one camel-load) measures sixty sa' in weight.

Ibrahim said The wasq contained sixty sa’s stamped with the stamp of Al Hajjaj.

A man said to Imran Ibn Husayn رضی اللہ عنہما : Abu Nujayd, you narrate to us traditions whose basis we do not find in the Quran. Thereupon, Imran رضی اللہ عنہ got angry and said to the man: Do you find in the Quran that one dirham is due on forty dirhams (as Zakat), and one goat is due on such-and-such number of goats, and one camel will be due on such-and-such number of camels? He replied: No. He said: From whom did you take it? You took it from us, from the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. He mentioned many similar things.

The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم used to order us to pay the sadaqah (zakat) on what we prepared for trade.

A woman came to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and she was accompanied by her daughter who wore two heavy gold bangles in her hands. He said to her: Do you pay zakat on them? She said: No. He then said: Are you pleased that Allah may put two bangles of fire on your hands? Thereupon she took them off and placed them before the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم saying: They are for Allah and His Messenger.

I used to wear gold ornaments. I asked: Is that a treasure (kanz), Messenger of Allah? He replied: whatever reaches a quantity on which zakat is payable is not a treasure (kanz) when the zakat is paid.

We entered upon Aishah رضی اللہ عنہا , wife of the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. She said The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم entered upon me and saw two silver rings in my hand. He asked What is this, Aishah رضی اللہ عنہا ? I said I have made two ornaments myself for you, Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. He asked Do you pay zakat on them? I said No or I said Whatever Allah willed. He said this is sufficient for you (to take you) to the Hell fire.

Sufyan, a narrator, was asked How do you pay zakat on it. He said You may combine it with other (ornaments).

I took a letter from Thumamah bin Abdullah bin Anas رضی اللہ عنہ. He presumed that Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ had written it for Anas رضی اللہ عنہ when he sent him (to Al Bahrain) as a collector of zakat. This (letter) was stamped with the stamp of the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and was written by Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ for him (Anas). This letter goes “This is the obligatory sadaqah (zakat) which the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم imposed on Muslims which Allah commanded his Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم to impose. Those Muslims who are asked for the proper amount must give it, but those who are asked for more than that must not give it. For less than twenty five Camels a goat is to be given for every five Camels. When they reach twenty five to thirty five, a she Camel in her second year is to be given. If there is no she Camel in her second year, a male Camel in its third year is to be given. When they reach thirty six to forty five, a she Camel in her third year is to be given. When they reach forty six to sixty, a she Camel in her fourth year which is ready to be covered by a stallion is to be given. When they reach sixty one to seventy five, a she Camel in her fifth year is to be given. When they reach seventy six to ninety, two she Camel in their third year are to be given. When they reach ninety one to a hundred and twenty, two she Camels in their fourth year are ready to be covered by a stallion are to be given. When they exceed a hundred and twenty, a she Camel in her third year is to be given for every forty and a she Camel in her fourth year for every fifty (Camels). In case the ages of the Camel vary in the payment of obligatory sadaqah (zakat) If anyone whose Camels reach the number on which a she Camel in her fifth year is payable does not possess one but possess one in her fourth year, that will be accepted from him along with two goats if he can conveniently give them, or else twenty dirhams. If anyone whose Camels reach the number on which a she Camel in her fourth year is payable does not possess but possesses one in her fifth year, that will be accepted from him, and the collector must give him twenty dirhams or two goats. If anyone whose Camels reach the number on which a she Camel in her fourth year is payable possesses only one in her third year, that will be accepted from him. ” Abu Dawud said From here I could not retain accurately from Musa as I liked “And he must give along with it two goats if he can conveniently give them, or else twenty dirhams. If anyone whose Camels reach the number on which a she Camel in her third year is payable possesses only one in her fourth year, that will be accepted from him. ” Abu Dawud said (I was doubtful) up to here, and retained correctly onward “and the collector must give him twenty dirhams or two goats. If anyone whose Camels reach the number on which a she Camel in her third year is payable does not possess one but possesses one in her second year, that will be accepted from him, but he must give two goats or twenty dirhams. Anyone whose Camels reach the number on which a she Camel in her second year is payable does not possess one but possesses a male Camel in its third year, that will be accepted from him, and nothing extra will be demanded along with it. If anyone possesses only four Camels, no zakat will be payable on them unless their owner wishes. If the numbers of the pasturing goats reach forty to one hundred and twenty, one goat is to be given. Over one hundred and twenty up to two hundred, two goats are to be given. If they exceed two hundred reaching three hundred, three goats are to be given. If they exceed three hundred, a goat is to be for every hundred. An old sheep, one with a defect in the eye, or a male goat is not to be accepted as sadaqah (zakat) unless the collector wishes. Those which are in separate flocks are not to be brought together and those which are in one flock are not to be separated from fear of sadaqah (zakat). Regarding what belongs to two partners, they can make claims for restitution from one another with equity, If a man’s pasturing animals are less than forty, no sadaqah (zakat) is due on them unless their owner wishes. On sliver dirhams a fortieth is payable, but if there are only a hundred and ninety, nothing is payable unless their owner wishes. ”

The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم wrote a letter about sadaqah (zakat) but he died before he could send it to his governors. He had kept it with his sword. So Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ acted upon it till he died, and then Umar رضی اللہ عنہ acted upon it till he died. It contained: For five camels one goat is to be given; for ten camels two goats are to be given; for fifteen camels three goats are to be given; for twenty camels four goats are to be given; for twenty-five to thirty-five camels a she-camel in her second year is to be given. If the number exceeds by one up to seventy camels, a she-camel in her fourth year is to be given; if they exceed by one up to seventy-five camels, a she-camel in her fifth year is to be given; if they exceed by one up to ninety camels, two she-camels in their third year are to be given; if they exceed by one up to one hundred and twenty, two she-camels in their fourth year are to be given. If the camels are more than this, a she-camel in her fourth year is to be given for every fifty camels, and a she-camel in her third year is to be given for every forty camels. For forty to one hundred and twenty goats one goat is to be given; if they exceed by one up to two hundred, two goats are to be given. If they exceed by one up to three hundred, three goats are to be given; if the goats are more than this, one goat for every hundred goats is to be given. Nothing is payable until they reach one hundred. Those which are in one flock are not to be separated, and those which are in separate flocks are not be brought together from fear of sadaqah (zakat). Regarding that which belongs to two partners, they can make claims for restitution from each other with equity. An old goat and a defective one are not to be accepted as sadaqah (zakat). Az-Zuhri said: When the collector comes, the goats will be apportioned into three flocks: one containing bad, the second good, and the third moderate. The collector will take zakat from the moderate. Az-Zuhri did not mention the cows (to be apportioned in three flocks).

“If there is no she Camel in her second year, a she Camel in her third year is to be given. ” This does not mention the words of Al Zuhri.