Hadith 52

Sahih Bukhari

Book 24: Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Chapter 33

Zakat may be paid in kind

باب الْعَرْضِ فِي الزَّكَاةِ

Tawus said: Mu‘adh رضي الله عنه said to the people of Yemen, “Bring me small, or used garments in charity in place of barley and millet as it will be easy for you and useful for the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ in Al-Madina.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Khalid has kept his shield and arms for Allah’s Cause.” And the Prophet ﷺ said to the ladies, “Give in charity, even from your ornaments.” The Prophet ﷺ did not differentiate between the Zakat and other kinds of Sadaqa in this respect. And so the women donated their earrings and necklaces. And the Prophet ﷺ did not specify that what might be paid in kind should be silver or gold.
وَقَالَ طَاوُسٌ قَالَ مُعَاذٌ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ لأَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ ائْتُونِي بِعَرْضٍ ثِيَابٍ خَمِيصٍ أَوْ لَبِيسٍ فِي الصَّدَقَةِ، مَكَانَ الشَّعِيرِ وَالذُّرَةِ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَخَيْرٌ لأَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ. وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَأَمَّا خَالِدٌ احْتَبَسَ أَدْرَاعَهُ وَأَعْتُدَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ». وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «تَصَدَّقْنَ وَلَوْ مِنْ حُلِيِّكُنَّ». فَلَمْ يَسْتَثْنِ صَدَقَةَ الْفَرْضِ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا، فَجَعَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تُلْقِي خُرْصَهَا وَسِخَابَهَا، وَلَمْ يَخُصَّ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ مِنَ الْعُرُوضِ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1449
حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ، قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَشْهَدُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَصَلَّى قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ، فَرَأَى أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُسْمِعِ النِّسَاءَ، فَأَتَاهُنَّ وَمَعَهُ بِلاَلٌ نَاشِرَ ثَوْبِهِ فَوَعَظَهُنَّ، وَأَمَرَهُنَّ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقْنَ، فَجَعَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تُلْقِي، وَأَشَارَ أَيُّوبُ إِلَى أُذُنِهِ وَإِلَى حَلْقِهِ‏.‏
Ibn `Abbas:

I am a witness that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) offered the Id prayer before delivering the sermon and then he thought that the women would not be able to hear him (because of the distance), so he went to them along with Bilal who was spreading his garment. The Prophet (ﷺ) advised and ordered them to give in charity. So the women started giving their ornaments (in charity). (The sub-narrator Aiyub pointed towards his ears and neck meaning that they gave ornaments from those places such as earrings and necklaces.)