Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) employed an employee (to collect Zakat). The employee returned after completing his
job and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! This (amount of Zakat) is for you, and this (other amount) was given
to me as a present." The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "Why didn't you stay at your father's or mother's house
and see if you would be given presents or not?" Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got up in the evening after the
prayer, and having testified that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and praised and
glorified Allah as He deserved, he said, "Now then ! What about an employee whom we employ and
then he comes and says, 'This amount (of Zakat) is for you, and this (amount) was given to me as a
present'? Why didn't he stay at the house of his father and mother to see if he would be given presents
or not? By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, none of you will steal anything of it (i.e. Zakat)
but will bring it by carrying it over his neck on the Day of Resurrection. If it has been a camel, he will
bring it (over his neck) while it will be grunting, and if it has been a cow, he will bring it (over his
neck), while it will be mooing; and if it has been a sheep, he will bring it (over his neck) while it will
be bleeding." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "I have preached you (Allah's Message)." Abu Humaid said, "Then
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) raised his hands so high that we saw the whiteness of his armpits."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 83, Hadith 15
When the ailment of the Prophet (ﷺ) got aggravated, he became unconscious whereupon Fatima said, "Oh,
how distressed my father is!" He said, "Your father will have no more distress after today." When he
expired, she said, "O Father! Who has responded to the call of the Lord Who has invited him! O
Father, whose dwelling place is the Garden of Paradise (i.e. Al-Firdaus)! O Father! We convey this
news (of your death) to Gabriel." When he was buried, Fatima said, "O Anas! Do you feel pleased to
throw earth over Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?"
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 478
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ziyad ibn Sad that Ibn Shihab
said, "Neither jurur, nor musran al-fara, nor adhq ibn hubayq should
be taken as zakat from dates. They should be included in the
assessment but not taken as zakat. "
Malik said, "This is the
same as with sheep and goats, whose young are included in the
assessment but are not (actually) taken as zakat. There are also
certain kinds of fruit which are not taken as zakat, such as burdi
dates (one of the finest kinds of dates), and similar varieties.
Neither the lowest quality (of any property) nor the highest
should be taken. Rather, zakat should be taken from average quality
property."
Malik said, "The position that we are agreed upon
concerning fruit is that only dates and grapes are estimated while on
the tree. They are estimated when their usability is clear and they
are halal to sell. This is because the fruit of date-palms and vines
is eaten straightaway in the form of fresh dates and grapes, and so
the assessment is done by estimation to make things easier for people
and to avoid causing them trouble. Their produce is estimated and then
they are given a free hand in using their produce as they wish, and
later they pay the zakat on it according to the estimation that was
made."
Malik said, "crops which are not eaten fresh, such as
grains and seeds, which are only eaten after they have been harvested,
are not estimated. The owner, after he has harvested, threshed and
sifted the crop, so that it is then in the form of grain or seed, has
to fulfil his trust himself and deduct the zakat he owes if the amount
is large enough for him to have to pay zakat. This is the position
that we are all agreed upon here (in Madina)."
Malik said,
"The position that we are all agreed upon here (in Madina) is that the
produce of date palms is estimated while it is still on the tree,
after it has ripened and become halal to sell, and the zakat on it is
deducted in the form of dried dates at the time of harvest. If the
fruit is damaged after it has been estimated and the damage affects
all the fruit then no zakat has to be paid. If some of the fruit
remains unaffected, and this fruit amounts to five awsuq or more using
the sa of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, then
zakat is deducted from it. Zakat does not have to be paid, however, on
the fruit that was damaged . Grapevines are dealt with in the same
way.
If a man owns various pieces of property in various
places, or is a co-owner of various pieces of property in various
places, none of which individually comes to a zakatable amount, but
which, when added together, do come to a zakatable amount, then he
adds them together and pays the zakat that is due on them ."
Muwatta Malik Book 17, Hadith 37
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) appointed a man from the Azd tribe called Ibn al-Utbiyya, in charge of Sadaqat to be received from Banu Sulaim. When he came (back), the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked him to render his account. He said: This wealth is for you (i.e. for the public treasury) and this is a gift (presented to me). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: You should have remained in the house of your father and your mother, until your gift came to you if you spoke the truth; then he addressed us. He praised God and extolled Him, and afterwards said: I appoint a man from you to a responsible post sharing with him authority that God has entrusted to me, and he comes to me saying: This wealth is for you (i.e. for the public treasury) and this is a gift presented to me. Why did he not remain in the house of his father and his mother and his gift came to him, if he was truthful? By God, any one of you will not take anything from (the public funds) without any justification, but will meet his Lord carrying it on himself on the Day of judgment. I will recognise any one of you meeting Allah and carrying a growling camel, or a cow bellowing or a goat bleating. Then he raised his hands so high that whiteness of his armpits could be seen. Then he said: O my Lord, I have conveyed (Thy Commandments). The narrator says: My eyes saw (the Prophet standing in that pose) and my ears heard (what he said).
Sahih Muslim Book 33, Hadith 39
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Angels keep on descending from and ascending to the Heaven in turn, some at
night and some by daytime, and all of them assemble together at the time of the Fajr and `Asr prayers.
Then those who have stayed with you over-night, ascent unto Allah Who asks them, and He knows
the answer better than they, "How have you left My slaves?" They reply, "We have left them praying
as we found them praying." If anyone of you says "Amin" (during the Prayer at the end of the
recitation of Surat-al-Faitiha), and the angels in Heaven say the same, and the two sayings coincide,
all his past sins will be forgiven."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 59, Hadith 34