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مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الزكاة
The Book of Zakat
(إِعْطَاءُ شَيْءٍ بِالْعَارِضِ عِنْدَ الضَّرُورَةِ أَيْضًا صَدَقَةٌ)
(Lending something to someone in need is also charity)
Mishkat al-Masabih 1899 — Lending something to someone in need is also
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «نِعْمَ الصَّدَقَةُ اللِّقْحَةُ الصَّفِيُّ مِنْحَةً وَالشَّاةُ الصَّفِيُّ مِنْحَةً تَغْدُو بِإِنَاءٍ وَتَرُوحُ بِآخَرَ»
Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, “A milch-camel with abundant milk given as a loan and a ewe with abundant milk given as a loan, which produces a vessel of milk in the morning and another in the evening, is good sadaqa.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)
