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)
Hadith 1899
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.)
