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4 October 2026 23 Rabi' al-Thani 1448 AH

Mishkat al-Masabih 1717

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Hadith 1717
وَعَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ قَالَ: عِنْدَنَا كِتَابُ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ الصَّدَقَةَ مِنَ الْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالزَّبِيبِ وَالتَّمْرِ. مُرْسل رَوَاهُ فِي شرح السّنة
Musa b. Talha said he had the letter of Mu'adh b. Jabal from the Prophet to the effect that he ordered him to collect sadaqa only on wheat, barley, raisins and dates.

It is in mursal form and is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
Mishkat al-Masabih 1717

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Hadith 1716
وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَيْسَ فِي حَبٍّ وَلَا تَمْرٍ صَدَقَةٌ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ خَمْسَةَ أَوْسُقٍ» . رَوَاهُ النَّسَائِيّ
Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported the Prophet as saying,
“There is no sadaqa payable on grain or dates till they reach five camel-loads.”

Nasa’i transmitted it.
Mishkat al-Masabih 1716 Open
Hadith 1718
وَعَنْ عَتَّابِ بْنِ أَسِيدٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فِي زَكَاةِ الْكُرُومِ: «إِنَّهَا تُخْرَصُ كَمَا تُخْرَصُ النَّخْلُ ثُمَّ تُؤَدَّى زَكَاتُهُ زَبِيبًا كَمَا تُؤَدَّى زَكَاةُ النَّخْلِ تَمْرًا» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ وَأَبُو دَاوُد
‘Attab b. Usaid reported the Prophet as saying regarding the zakat on vines,
“They are to be estimated as palm-trees are, then the zakat is to be paid in raisins as the zakat on palm-trees is paid in dried dates.”

Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
Mishkat al-Masabih 1718 Open
Hadith 1715
وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْمُعْتَدِي فِي الصَّدَقَةِ كَمَانِعِهَا» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد وَالتِّرْمِذِيّ
Anas reported God’s messenger as saying,
“He who collects more sadaqa than is due is like him who refuses to pay it.” *

Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi transmitted it.

* Meaning that the sin committed by both is similar in its seriousness.