al-Bukhari (31). The Prophet (peace be upon him) said regarding meat that had been given as charity to Barirah (32): "It is charity for her, and for us it is a gift" (33). And he (peace be upon him) said: "I return to my family and find a date fallen on my bed [in my house] (34), and I pick it up to eat it, then I fear that it might be charity, so I throw it away." Narrated by Muslim (35). And he said: "Charity is not permissible for us" (36). This is because the Prophet (peace be upon him) was the noblest of all creation, and he was entitled to a fifth of the spoils of war.
430 - Issue: He said: (And neither to a wealthy person, and he is the one who possesses fifty dirhams or its equivalent in gold).
He means that a wealthy person is not given from the share of the poor and the needy. There is no disagreement on this among the scholars, because Allah the Almighty designated it for the poor and the needy, and the wealthy person is not included among them. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to Mu'adh: "Inform them that they have a charity that is taken from their wealthy and returned to their poor" (1). And he said: "There is no share in it for a wealthy person, nor for a physically capable earner" (2). And he said:
(31) In: The Chapter: Accepting a gift, from the Book of Gifts [Hibah]. Sahih al-Bukhari 3/203. It was also narrated by Muslim, in: The Chapter: The Prophet (peace be upon him) accepting the gift and rejecting charity, from the Book of Zakat. Sahih Muslim 2/756. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 2/302, 305, 338, 406, 492. (32) Barirah: The freedwoman of 'A'ishah, Mother of the Believers, may Allah be pleased with her. (33) Narrated by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter: Charity upon the freed slaves of the wives of the Prophet (peace be upon him), and The Chapter: If charity is transferred, from the Book of Zakat; and in: The Chapter: Accepting a gift, from the Book of Gifts; and in: The Chapter: A free woman married to a slave, from the Book of Marriage; and in: The Chapter: The sale of a slave woman does not count as divorce, and The Chapter: 'Abdullah ibn Raja' narrated to us, from the Book of Divorce; and in: The Chapter: Tanned leather [Adm], from the Book of Food; and in: The Chapter: The right of patronage [wala'] belongs to the one who freed [the slave] and the inheritance of a foundling, from the Book of Inheritance. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/158, 3/203, 7/11, 61, 62, 100, 8/191. And Muslim, in: The Chapter: The permissibility of gifts for the Prophet (peace be upon him), from the Book of Zakat; and in: The Chapter: Patronage [wala'] only belongs to the one who freed [the slave], from the Book of Manumission. Sahih Muslim 2/755, 1143-1145. And Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter: The poor person giving to the rich from what he received as charity, from the Book of Zakat. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/385. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter: If charity is transferred, from the Book of Zakat; and in: The Chapter: The choice [khiyar] of a slave woman, and The Chapter: The choice of a slave woman who is freed while her husband is a slave, from the Book of Divorce; and in: The Chapter: A woman's gift without her husband's permission, from the Book of Life-Gifts [Umra]; and in: The Chapter: A sale containing a corrupt condition, from the Book of Sales. Al-Mujtaba 5/81, 6/132, 133, 135, 237, 7/264. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter: The choice of a slave woman when she is freed, from the Book of Divorce. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/671. And al-Darimi, in: The Chapter: Concerning giving the choice to a slave woman who is married to a slave and then freed, from the Book of Divorce. Sunan al-Darimi 2/169. And Imam Malik, in: The Chapter: What has been stated regarding the choice [khiyar], from the Book of Divorce. Al-Muwatta' 2/562. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 1/281, 361, 3/117, 130, 180, 276, 6/46, 115, 123, 150, 172, 175, 178, 180, 191, 207. (34) Omitted from the [original] manuscript. (35) In: The Chapter: The prohibition of Zakat for the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), from the Book of Zakat. Sahih Muslim 2/751. It was also narrated by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter: If one finds a date on the road, from the Book of Lost Property [Luqatah]. Sahih al-Bukhari 3/164. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 2/317. (36) Its citation was provided previously on page 110.
