Hadith 486
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وعن عمرو بن شعيب عن أبيه عن جده رضي الله عنهم قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : « تؤخذ صدقات المسلمين على مياههم ». رواه أحمد. ولأبي داود: « ولا تؤخذ صدقاتهم إلا في دورهم».
'Amro bin Shu'aib narrated on the authority of his father, who reported on the authority of his grandfather (RAA) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The Zakah of the Muslims should be collected by their water trough.” Related by Ahmad. Abu Dawud also has the narration, “Their Zakah should only be collected by their dwellings.”
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Lexical Explanation:
«عَلٰي مِبَاهِهِمَ» is the plural of «مياه», meaning water. By this is meant those springs, ponds, and watering places where people’s animals are kept.
«اِلَّا فِي دُورِهِمْ» is the plural of «دار». By this is meant people’s own residences, houses, watering places, their tribes, and the places where their livestock are kept. The meaning is that the official collector of zakat should himself go to the people to collect zakat, and not set up camp at some distant place away from people’s homes and order them to come to him to deposit their zakat. In this way, there is a risk of putting people into hardship.
Benefit:
In this hadith, the zakat collector is instructed to go to people’s homes and the places where their livestock are kept in order to collect zakat, so that there is no possibility of deception and he does not impose his authority arrogantly, but rather, as a servant of the religion, he should go door to door to collect zakat. Jabir bin Atik radi Allahu anhu narrates that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: “Soon some people will come to you; when they come to you, welcome them and do not stand between them and what they wish to take. If they act with justice and fairness, they will be rewarded for it, and if they act unjustly, they will bear its burden. You should keep them pleased, for indeed the completion of your zakat lies in keeping them pleased, and they should supplicate good for you.” [سنن ابي داود ، الزكاة ، باب رضاء المصدق ، حديث : 1588]
«عَلٰي مِبَاهِهِمَ» is the plural of «مياه», meaning water. By this is meant those springs, ponds, and watering places where people’s animals are kept.
«اِلَّا فِي دُورِهِمْ» is the plural of «دار». By this is meant people’s own residences, houses, watering places, their tribes, and the places where their livestock are kept. The meaning is that the official collector of zakat should himself go to the people to collect zakat, and not set up camp at some distant place away from people’s homes and order them to come to him to deposit their zakat. In this way, there is a risk of putting people into hardship.
Benefit:
In this hadith, the zakat collector is instructed to go to people’s homes and the places where their livestock are kept in order to collect zakat, so that there is no possibility of deception and he does not impose his authority arrogantly, but rather, as a servant of the religion, he should go door to door to collect zakat. Jabir bin Atik radi Allahu anhu narrates that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: “Soon some people will come to you; when they come to you, welcome them and do not stand between them and what they wish to take. If they act with justice and fairness, they will be rewarded for it, and if they act unjustly, they will bear its burden. You should keep them pleased, for indeed the completion of your zakat lies in keeping them pleased, and they should supplicate good for you.” [سنن ابي داود ، الزكاة ، باب رضاء المصدق ، حديث : 1588]
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 486
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1591. Commentary:
➊ [جلب]
Means to bring and to pull. That is, it is absolutely not permissible for the collector (amil) to establish his center at such a place where the owners have to bring their animals by pulling them along, and thus they have to bear hardship. Similarly, it is also not permissible for the owners, upon hearing of the arrival of the zakat collector, to take their animals far away from their encampment, causing the collector to search for them. This act of theirs is called (jānib). Its literal meaning is to avoid, to distance oneself.
➋ Such teachings of Islam are themselves proof of its being a natural religion (din al-fitrah).
➊ [جلب]
Means to bring and to pull. That is, it is absolutely not permissible for the collector (amil) to establish his center at such a place where the owners have to bring their animals by pulling them along, and thus they have to bear hardship. Similarly, it is also not permissible for the owners, upon hearing of the arrival of the zakat collector, to take their animals far away from their encampment, causing the collector to search for them. This act of theirs is called (jānib). Its literal meaning is to avoid, to distance oneself.
➋ Such teachings of Islam are themselves proof of its being a natural religion (din al-fitrah).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1591
