Those who said zakah is not lawful for Banu Hashim

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that some dates of charity (zakah) were brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) took one of the dates and chewed it in his mouth. He (peace and blessings be upon him) scolded him (affectionately) and said: "Kikh, kikh! Charity is not lawful for us."

Rabi'ah bin Shayban said: I asked Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "What do you remember of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and what have you retained from him?" Sayyiduna al-Hasan said: "I took a date from the dates of charity and put it in my mouth, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Charity (eating it) is not lawful for us.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) found a date and said: "Were it not that it might be from the charity, I would certainly have eaten it."

Ikrimah said: Charity is not lawful for Banu Hashim nor for their freed slaves.

Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a man from Banu Makhzum to collect charity. That man said to Sayyiduna Abu Rafi': "Come with me so that you too may get a share of it." He said: "No, not until I go to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then he went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Charity is not lawful for us, and the freed slaves of a people are from among them (and have the same ruling)."

It is narrated from Ibn Abi Mulaykah that Sayyiduna Khalid bin Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a cow from the charity (zakah) to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). She sent it back, saying: "We are the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him); charity is not lawful for us."

Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I gathered some firewood and sold it, then brought (the proceeds) to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and placed it before him. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is this?" I said: "Charity." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his companions: "Eat," but he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not eat any of it himself.

Ata bin al-Sa'ib said: I came to Sayyidah Umm Kulthum bint Ali (may Allah be pleased with her) with something from the charity. She returned it and said: Mihran, who was a freed slave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), told me that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "We, the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), charity is not lawful for us, and the freed slaves of a people are from among them."

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I was with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the house of charity (where the charity wealth was kept). Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came and picked up a date, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took it back from him and said: "Charity is not permissible for us."

Yazid bin Hayyan said: Husayn bin Uqbah and I went to Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him). We asked him: "Who are the members of his household (Ahl al-Bayt)? Are his wives not among his household?" He said: "No; rather his household are those for whom charity was made unlawful after him." Husayn said: "Who are they?" He said: "The family of Abbas, the family of Ali, the family of Ja'far and the family of Aqil." Husayn asked again: "Is charity unlawful for these?" He said: "Yes."

It is narrated from Thabit bin al-Hajjaj that two men of Banu Abd al-Muttalib came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him for charity. He (peace and blessings be upon him) refused them and said: "When you learn that wealth from the khumus (one-fifth of the spoils) has come to me, then come to me (and I will give you a share of it)."

Mujahid said: Charity is not lawful for the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him); for them is a fifth of the khumus (one-fifth of the spoils).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Rushayd bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Charity is not lawful for us."