Sayyida Umm Waraqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that when the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was about to set out for the Battle of Badr, she requested him: "O Messenger of Allah! Let me go with you to the battle. I will treat the sick and bandage the wounded. Perhaps Allah, the Exalted, will grant me martyrdom as well." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Stay in your house; Allah, the Exalted, will grant you the reward of martyrdom." The narrator states that she became known by the name "Shaheedah" (the martyress). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to visit her on Fridays and would say: "Let us go to Shaheedah." She knew the Qur'an, and she requested the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for permission to appoint a mu'adhdhin (caller to prayer) in her house so that she could perform prayers, and he granted her permission.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever owns camels and does not pay their due zakat, on the Day of Resurrection those camels will come in the greatest number, and that person will be made to sit in a wide plain before them; they will trample him with their hooves and feet. Whoever owns cows and does not pay their due zakat, on the Day of Resurrection those cows will come in the greatest number, and that person will be made to sit in a wide plain before them; they will gore him with their horns and trample him with their feet. Whoever owns goats and does not pay their due zakat, on the Day of Resurrection those goats will come in the greatest number, and that person will be made to sit in a wide plain before them; they will gore him with their horns and trample him with their hooves. There will not be a single goat among them without horns or with broken horns. Whoever is wealthy and does not pay the due right of his wealth, on the Day of Resurrection his wealth will come in the form of a bald-headed snake, and it will pursue him with its mouth open. When the snake comes near him, the man will run away from it. The snake will call out to him: "Take your wealth, which you used to hide away; I have no need of it." When he finds no escape, he will put his hand into its mouth, and it will bite him like a camel. Abu Zubair says: I heard these words from Ubaid bin Umair, then I asked Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he narrated it just as Ubaid bin Umair had said. Ubaid bin Umair also says: A man asked: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), what is the due right of camels? He replied: To milk them at the watering place, to give water, to lend them for mating, to give their udders, and to ride them in the way of Allah.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If you have paid the zakat on your wealth, then you have fulfilled your responsibility. Also, whoever gathers unlawful wealth and gives charity from it, he will not receive the reward of charity; rather, the sin will remain upon him.

Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I and my two cousins went to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). One of them said: O Messenger of Allah! Appoint me as a leader over any of the tasks that Allah has entrusted to you. The other also said the same. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: We do not appoint to this work anyone who asks for it or desires it.

Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not seek leadership by asking for it. If leadership is given to you without your asking for it, you will be helped in it, but if you take leadership by asking for it, you will be left to it (without help).

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: No tax collector will enter Paradise, meaning the person who collects one-tenth as tax.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Zakat is not obligatory on less than five awqiyah of silver, five wasq of grain, and five camels.

Bahr bin Hakim narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: For forty grazing camels, a bint labun is due. Do not move the camels from their place. Whoever pays zakat seeking reward will receive a reward, and whoever does not give zakat, we will take half of his wealth along with the zakat. These are the shares prescribed by our Lord, and nothing from these charities is permissible for the family of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him.

Bahr bin Hakim narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: For forty grazing camels, a bint labun is due. Do not move the camels from their place. Whoever pays zakat seeking reward will receive a reward, and whoever does not give zakat, we will take half of his wealth along with the zakat. These are the shares prescribed by our Lord, and nothing from these charities is permissible for the family of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him.

Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent him to Yemen to collect zakat, and instructed him to take one musinnah (a two-year-old calf) from every forty cows, and one tabi'ah (a one-year-old calf) from every thirty cows.