Muwatta Malik: Book 17, Hadith 61 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to send the zakat al-fitr to the one with whom it was collected together two or three days before the day of breaking the fast. حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، […]
Muwatta Malik is one of the earliest and most respected collections of hadith and Islamic jurisprudence, compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas. It combines the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) with the practices of the people of Madinah, serving as a foundational text for Maliki fiqh and Islamic legal tradition.
Book 17, Zakat, discusses the obligatory almsgiving, its calculation, and distribution.
Muwatta Malik: Book 17, Hadith 62 Yahya related to me that Malik had seen that the people of knowledge used to like to pay the zakat al-fitr after dawn had broken on the day of the Fitr before they went to the place of prayer. Malik said, “There is leeway in this, if Allah wills, […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 17, Hadith 63 Yahya related to me that Malik said, “A man does not have to pay zakat for the slaves of his slaves, or for some one employed by him, or for his wife’s slaves, except for anyone who serves him and whose services are indispensable to him, in which case […]