الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الزكاةBook of Zakat
بَابُ الْعَامِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا
Chapter on those employed to collect it
Hadith 3460
عَنِ ابْنِ السَّاعِدِيِّ الْمَالِكِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: اسْتَعْمَلَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغْتُ مِنْهَا وَأَدَّيْتُهَا إِلَيْهِ أَمَرَ لِي بِعُمَالَةٍ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّمَا عَمِلْتُ لِلَّهِ وَأَجْرِي عَلَى اللَّهِ، قَالَ: خُذْ مَا أُعْطِيْتَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ عَمِلْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَعَمَّلَنِي، فَقُلْتُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((إِذَا أُعْطِيْتَ شَيْئًا مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَسْأَلَ فَكُلْ وَتَصَدَّقْ))
Ibn Sa’idi Maliki says: Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed me as the collector of charity. When I finished this task and handed over the entire account to him, he ordered that I be given wages for this service. But I said: I did this work for Allah Almighty and my reward is with Allah Almighty. However, he said: Take what is being given to you, because I also did a similar task during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and when he gave me wages for this work and I said the same thing as you, he said to me: Whatever comes to you without you asking for it, take it, and eat from it yourself and also give charity from it.
Hadith 3461
عَنِ الْمُسْتَوْرِدِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((مَنْ وَلِي لَنَا عَمَلًا وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مَنْزِلٌ فَلْيَتَّخِذْ مَنْزِلًا أَوْ لَيْسَ لَهُ زَوْجَةٌ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ، أَوْ لَيْسَ لَهُ خَادِمٌ فَلْيَتَّخِذْ خَادِمًا، أَوْ لَيْسَتْ لَهُ دَابَّةٌ فَلْيَتَّخِذْ دَابَّةً، وَمَنْ أَصَابَ شَيْئًا سِوَى ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ غَالٌّ))
Sayyiduna Mustawrid bin Shaddad (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever is appointed over any of our affairs, if he does not have a house, let him acquire a house (from the public treasury); if he does not have a wife, let him marry; if he does not have a servant, let him acquire a servant; and if he does not have a mount, let him acquire a mount. Whoever takes anything beyond this is a betrayer.
Hadith 3462
(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) بِنَحْوِهِ وَفِيهِ: ((فَهُوَ غَالٌّ أَوْ سَارِقٌ))
(Second chain) A similar hadith is narrated, except that in it is: ... that he will be a betrayer or a thief.
Hadith 3463
عَنْ أَبِي مَوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((إِنَّ الْخَازِنَ الْأَمِينَ الَّذِي يُعْطِي مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ كَامِلًا مُوَفَّرًا، طَيِّبَةً بِهِ نَفْسُهُ حَتَّى يَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى الَّذِي أُمِرَ لَهُ بِهِ أَحَدُ الْمُتَصَدِّقَيْنِ))
Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The trustworthy treasurer who is ordered to give something, and he gives it fully to the person he was instructed to, with his own heart's pleasure, then he will be counted as one of the two who give charity.
Hadith 3464
عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَاعِيًا فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ أَنْ نَأْكُلَ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ فَأَذِنَ لَنَا
Syedna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to collect Zakat, and when I sought permission to eat from the charity wealth, he (peace and blessings be upon him) granted me permission.
Hadith 3465
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((أَعْطُوا الْعَامِلَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ فَإِنَّ عَامِلَ اللَّهِ لَا يَخِيبُ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Give the worker his due for his work and effort, for the one who works for Allah is not deprived.
Hadith 3466
عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((الْعَامِلُ فِي الصَّدَقَةِ بِالْحَقِّ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ كَالْغَازِي فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ))
Narrated from Sayyiduna Rafi’ bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The one who collects charity for the sake of Allah’s pleasure is like one who fights in the way of Allah, until he returns home.
