Maliks Muwatta Book 17. Zakat

Section : The Zakat on Inheritance. Yahya related to me that Malik said, “I consider that if a man dies and he has not paid zakat on his property, then zakat is taken from the third of his property (from…

Section : The Zakat on Debts. Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from as-Sa’ib ibn Yazid that Uthman ibn Affan used to say, “This is the month for you to pay your zakat. If you have any…

Section : The Zakat on Debts. Yahya related to me from Malik from Ayyub ibn Abi Tamima as-Sakhtayani that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, when writing about wealth that one of his governors had collected unjustly, ordered it to be returned…

Section : The Zakat on Debts. Yahya related to me from Malik from Yazid ibn Khusayfa that he had asked Sulayman ibn Yasar whether zakat was due from a man who had wealth in hand but also owed a debt…

Section : The Zakat on Merchandise. Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Zurayq ibn Hayyan, who was in charge of Egypt in the time of al-Walid, Sulayman, and Umar ibn Abd al-‘Aziz, mentioned that Umar…

Section : Wealth which has been Hidden Away (Kanz). Yahya related to me from Malik that Abdullah ibn Dinar said, “I heard Abdullah ibn Umar being asked what kanz was and he said, ‘It is wealth on which zakat has…

Section : Wealth which has been Hidden Away (Kanz). Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abu’s-Salih as-Samman that Abu Hurayra used to say, “Anyone who has wealth on which he has not paid zakat will,…

Section : The Zakat on Livestock. Yahya related to me from Malik that he had read what Umar ibn al-Khattab had written about zakat, and in it he found: “In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the compassionate.” The Book…

Section : The Zakat on Cattle. Yahya related to me from Malik from Humayd ibn Qays al-Makki from Tawus al Yamani that from thirty cows, Muadh ibn Jabal took one cow in its second year, and from forty cows, one…

Section : The Zakat of Associates. Yahya said that Malik said, concerning two associates, “If they share one herdsman, one male animal, one pasture and one watering place then the two men are associates, as long as each one of…

Section : Counting Lambs and Kids when Assessing Zakat. Yahya related to me from Malik from Thawr ibn Zayd ad-Dili from a son of Abdullah ibn Sufyan ath-Thaqafi from his grandfather Sufyan ibn Abdullah that Umar ibn al-Khattab once sent…

Section : What to do about the Zakat when Two Years are Assessed together. Yahya said that Malik said, “The position with us concerning a man who has zakat to pay on one hundred camels but then the zakat collector…

Section : The Prohibition against Making Things Difficult for People when Taking Zakat. Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad that A’isha, the wife of the Prophet,…

Section : The Prohibition against Making Things Difficult for People when Taking Zakat. Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban said, “Two men from the Ashja tribe told me that Muhammad…

Section : Receiving Zakat, and Who is Permitted to Receive It. Yahya related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Zakat is not…