A townsman selling on behalf of a desert dweller: Abu Hanifah permitted it

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) take a date of the sadaqah and put it in his mouth. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Kakh, kakh (that is, take it out)! Sadaqah is not lawful for us."

Ibn Abi Rafi' narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a man of Banu Makhzum to (collect) the sadaqah. Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) wished to go along with him, so he asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: "Do you not know that sadaqah is not lawful for us, and that the freed slave of a people is (counted as) one of them?"

Sayyiduna Abu Layla (may Allah be pleased with him) states: I was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he stood up and entered the room of the sadaqah. A child, Sayyiduna al-Hasan or Sayyiduna al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them), entered along with him. The child took a date and put it in his mouth. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had it taken out and said: "Sadaqah is not lawful for us."

Sayyiduna Abu Umayrah Rushayd bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: One day I was present with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came with a platter of dates. He asked: "What is this? Is it sadaqah or a gift?" The man said: "(It is not a gift,) rather it is sadaqah." He passed the platter of dates to the people. Al-Hasan was rolling in the dust in front of him, and he took a date and put it in his mouth. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at him, put his finger into his mouth and took it out, and then said: "We, the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), do not eat sadaqah."

Ibn Abi Mulaykah narrates that Sayyiduna Khalid bin Sa'id bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a cow to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and she sent it back and said: "We, the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), do not eat sadaqah."

Abdullah bin Buraydah narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him) that when Sayyiduna Salman al-Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Madinah, he brought a platter as a gift to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and placed the platter in front of him. He asked: "What is this?" The narrator then related the complete hadith.

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: "If you were not from the sadaqah, I would have eaten you." It is mentioned that the view of (Imam) Abu Hanifah is: Sadaqah is lawful for the freed slaves of Banu Hashim and others.