´Abu Dharr narrated:` "I came to the Messenger of Allah while he was sitting in the shade of the Ka'bah." He said: "He saw me approaching and he said: 'They are lost on the Day of Judgment! By the Lord of the Ka'bah!'" He said: "I said t myself: Woe is me! Perhaps something has been revealed about me!'" He said: "So I said: 'Who are they, and may my father and mother be ransomed for you.' So the Messenger of Allah said: 'They are those who have much, except for who says like this, and this, and this and motioned with his hand to his front, and t his right, and to his left.' Then he said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! No man will die, leaving a camel or a cow that he did not pay Zakat on, except that it will come on the Day of Judgment larger and fatter than it was, they will tread him under their hooves and butt him with their horns, all of them; such that when the last of them has had a turn, the first returns to him, until he is judged before the people.'"
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
English Commentary:
1:
Zakat is the third pillar among the five fundamental pillars of Islam.
Its literal meaning is "increase" and "growth."
It is called zakat because it increases and augments the wealth of the one who gives it.
And according to another opinion, its meaning is "to purify," and it is called zakat because it purifies the wealth and cleanses the owner of the wealth from sins.
There is a difference of opinion among the scholars regarding the time of its obligation.
Most scholars hold the view that it was made obligatory in 2 AH, while the investigating scholars believe that it was actually made obligatory in Makkah itself, but its detailed rulings were revealed in Madinah in 2 AH.
2:
Either the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was speaking to an angel,
or a thought occurred to him, so he said: ((هُمْ الْأَخْسَرُونَ)) ("They are the greatest losers").
3:
This punishment will occur in the realm of Hashr (the Gathering),
before the reckoning and accounting.
4:
That is, the process of trampling and goring will continue uninterrupted.
5:
Its narration has been recorded by Sa'id ibn Mansur,
al-Bayhaqi,
al-Khatib, and Ibn Najjar,
but the narration is fabricated; in it is a narrator, Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-Burami, who is a liar,
he used to fabricate hadiths.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 617
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
It is a strong and religious obligation (fard) upon the wealthy that they should actively participate in religious works and, on occasions of collective and national interests, contribute generously according to their means. Otherwise, they will face failure and loss in both this world and the Hereafter. Moreover, even in this world, they will become targets of people's hatred and anger.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 2300
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
(1) "Ahead, to the right, and to the left." That is, he spent in every necessary cause, whether it was apart from the obligatory zakat (alms) or not.
(2) On the Day of Resurrection, not only humans but every living being will be raised.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 2442
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Not giving zakat is a very grave sin.
➋ Zakat is also obligatory on animals, the details of which will be discussed in the following chapters.
➌ Those who commit major sins will also receive punishment for their sins in the plain of resurrection (Mahshar).
➍ In some cases, it is possible that this punishment in the Hereafter (Mahshar) alone will suffice for the person, and he will not have to endure the punishment of Hell. In one narration, these words are mentioned:
"(He will continue to receive this punishment) on the Day whose length is fifty thousand years, until the people’s judgment is completed, then he will be shown the path to either Paradise or Hell." (Sahih Muslim, Book of Zakat, Chapter: The Sin of One Who Withholds Zakat, Hadith: 987)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1785