Sayyiduna Abu Juhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a man to collect zakat and instructed him to take zakat from the wealthy and distribute it among the poor (of that area). So he ordered that a young she-camel be given to me as well (because I was also among the deserving ones).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him), he says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent me to collect the zakat of the tribe of Juhainah. The last person I came to lived very close to Madinah Munawwarah. He gathered his animals for me. Then the rest of the hadith is narrated like the hadith of Abdullah bin Abi Bakr, up to these words, and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) prayed for blessings for that person. 'Ammarah says that Ibn 'Uqbah sent me. Yahya says, meaning Ibn al-Walid bin 'Uqbah sent (me) during the rule of Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) to collect the zakat of (the same tribe), so the zakat of that person's wealth amounted to thirty Hiqqah, along with which there was also a male camel. His total animals were one thousand five hundred camels.

In the narration of Abdullah bin Abi Awfa, it is mentioned that a man from his people brought the zakat to the service of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). This hadith and the narration of Sayyiduna Ikrash bin Dhu’ayb (may Allah be pleased with him) are related to this issue.

Sayyiduna Abu Humayd As-Sa’idi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) sent a man from Yemen to collect the zakat of the people of Yemen, and he brought back a large amount of wealth. Then, when you sent a man to take account from him, he said,“This is my wealth and this is yours.”Then, if he is asked,“Where did you get this wealth from?”he says,“I was given it as a gift.”If he is truthful, then why was he not given this gift when he was sitting at his father’s or mother’s house? Then the Noble Prophet (peace be upon him) said:“Whoever I send for any work, and then he commits treachery in it, he will come on the Day of Resurrection carrying that stolen property on his neck. If it is a camel, it will be groaning; if it is a cow, it will be mooing; if it is a goat, it will be bleating.”Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:“O Allah, I have conveyed the message.”Upon hearing this, Ibn Zubair said to Abu Humayd As-Sa’idi (may Allah be pleased with him),“Did you hear this statement yourself from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)?”He replied,“Yes.”

Allah Almighty says: «‏‏‏‏إِن تُبْدُوا الصَّدَقَاتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَ» ‏‏‏‏ [ سورة البقرة: 271 ] "If you give charity openly, it is good; but if you give it secretly to the poor, it is better for you..."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O son of Banu Abdul Muttalib «‏‏‏‏السَّلامُ عَلَيْك» ‏‏‏‏." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, " «‏‏‏‏وَعَلَيْك» ‏‏‏‏ and peace be upon you as well." He said, "I am a man from the branch of Bayaz of the tribe of Sa'd bin Bakr. I am the messenger of my people and their envoy to you. I will ask you some questions and will be strict in my questioning. I will make you swear and will be stern in making you swear." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "O brother of Ibn Sa'd, ask whatever you wish." He said, "Who created you? Who created the people before you? And who will create those who come after you?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Allah." He said, "Then I ask you by Allah, did He make you His Messenger?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Yes." He said, "Indeed, we have read in your letter and your agent has also informed us that he will collect zakat from our animals and distribute it among our poor. So I ask you by Allah, did Allah command you to do this?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Yes." Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the statement of Allah Almighty «‏‏‏‏إِن تُبْدُوا الصَّدَقَاتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَ» ‏‏‏‏ [ سورة البقرة: 271 ] "If you disclose your charity, it is good..." is related to this issue.

And this issue, in my view, pertains to the chapter of Hamalah (taking upon oneself the blood money or compensation of someone), because it is possible that the Prophet (peace be upon him) took this blood money upon himself and then paid it from the camels of zakat.

Hazrat Basheer bin Bisaar narrates that a member of his family, who is called Ibn Abi Hathmah, informed him that some of their people went to Khaybar and there they dispersed (for their respective work). Then they found one of their companions murdered. So they said to those people in whose area he was found, "You have killed our companion." (Upon their denial) those people presented themselves before the Messenger of Allah and said that they had gone to Khaybar. Then the rest of the hadith was mentioned. The last words of this hadith are: So the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) did not like to let his blood go in vain, therefore, one hundred camels from the zakat camels were given as his blood money.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Salman bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, giving charity to a poor person is only charity, but giving charity to a relative is two things: it is charity and it is also maintaining the ties of kinship." In the narration of Ibn Uyaynah and Isa, the narrator of the hadith, al-Rabab, is mentioned, but her kunyah is not mentioned. Whereas al-Rabab is the same as Umm al-Rayh.