The Meanings of Reports · Hadith 494 (#Ḥadīth #1)
Chapter 292 | The meaning of the narration that has been narrated with regards to that if the alms tax is prevented, the condition of the poor and the rich is worsened
حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن أحمد بن محمد بن خالد، عن بعض من رواه يرفعه قال: إذا منعت الزكاة ساءت حال الفقير والغني. قلت: هذا الفقير تسوء حاله لما منع من حقه، فكيف تسوء حال الغني، قال: الغني المانع للزكاة تسوء حاله في الآخرة.
1. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Waleed, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan al-Saffar, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Khalid, from some of what he narrated, that he ascribed it, saying: If the alms tax is prevented, the condition of the poor and the rich is worsened. I said: As for the poor, his condition is worsened when he is prevented from his right, but how is the condition of the rich worsened? He said: The rich who prevents (the deduction of) the alms tax, his condition will worsen in the Hereafter.
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