Dalil

Mishkat al-Masabih 1810

Property on which Zakat is Payable - Section 2

وَعَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ: كُنْتُ أَلْبَسُ أَوْضَاحًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَكَنْزٌ هُوَ؟ فَقَالَ: «مَا بلغ أَن يُؤدى زَكَاتُهُ فَزُكِّيَ فَلَيْسَ بِكَنْزٍ». رَوَاهُ مَالِكٌ وَأَبُو دَاوُد

Translation

Umm Salama said she was wearing gold ornaments and asked God’s messenger whether that was a treasure,* to which he replied, “Whatever reaches a quantity on which zakat is payable is not a treasure when the zakat is paid.” Malik and Abu Dawud transmitted it. * The word kanz which means a treasure is used as a technical term for property liable to zakat on which the zakat is not paid.

Grades by grader

Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-HamidHasangraded on abudawud:1564fawazahmed0
Shuayb al-ArnautHasan Lighairihigraded on abudawud:1564fawazahmed0
Zubair Ali ZaiDaifgraded on abudawud:1564fawazahmed0
al-AlbaniHasangraded on abudawud:1564fawazahmed0

Same hadith, other wordings

  • Sunan Abu Dawud 1564كُنْتُ أَلْبَسُ أَوْضَاحًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَكَنْزٌ هُوَ فَقَالَ مَا بَلَغَ أَنْ تُؤَدَّى زَكَاتُهُ فَزُكِّيَ فَلَيْسَ بِكَنْزٍ