Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We were present with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was distributing dates of charity, and Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was in his (peace be upon him) lap. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished his work, he lifted Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) onto his shoulder, and his saliva began to flow onto the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head and looked, he saw a date in his mouth. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) put his hand into his mouth and took it out, and said: Do you not know that zakat is not lawful for the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)?

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that when the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, saw Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, pick up a date from the charity dates and chew it in his mouth, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said to him: Oh, oh, oh, charity is not lawful for us.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sleeping, and he found a date under his side. He (peace and blessings be upon him) picked it up and ate it, but later in the last part of the night, he (peace and blessings be upon him) became restless due to worry, so much so that some of his wives also became anxious. He (peace and blessings be upon him) explained the reason, saying: I found a date under my side and I ate it. Now I fear that perhaps it was a date from charity.

(Second chain of narration) In this it is stated: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate that date, but he could not sleep the entire night. One of his wives asked: O Messenger of Allah! What was the reason that you suffered from sleeplessness last night? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: I found a date under my side and I ate it. There were also dates of charity kept with us, so now I fear that perhaps that date was from those charity dates.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) had this practice: when food was brought to him from somewhere other than his household, he (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) would inquire about it. If it was a gift, he would eat it, and if it was charity, he would say: "You eat it." He (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) would not eat it himself.

Sayyiduna Muawiyah bin Haydah (may Allah be pleased with him) also narrated a similar report from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

Sayyiduna ‘Abd al-Muttalib bin Rabi‘ah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Sayyiduna Rabi‘ah bin Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna ‘Abbas bin ‘Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) gathered together and consulted regarding me and Sayyiduna Fadl bin ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), and said: By Allah! If we send both of them to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) so that he appoints them over the collection of charity, in this way both of them will collect zakat and charity from the people and, like others, obtain financial benefit, i.e., wages, this is a good thing. While they were still consulting about this, Sayyiduna ‘Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived and asked: What are your intentions? When both of them informed him of their intention, Sayyiduna ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do not do this, by Allah! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) will not do this. They said: Why are you doing this? You are saying this merely out of jealousy, see, you stay in the company of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and you are also his son-in-law, but we have never been jealous of you. Sayyiduna ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: After all, I am Abu al-Hasan, too. Send both of them and see. Saying this, he lay down. ‘Abd al-Muttalib says: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had performed the Zuhr prayer, we went and stood by the chamber before him. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by us, he took our hands and said: What do you wish to say? Express whatever is in your hearts. With this, he (peace and blessings be upon him) went inside, and we also went inside with him. At that time, he (peace and blessings be upon him) was staying with Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her). We spoke to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! We have come to you so that you may appoint us over the collection of zakat and charity, so that we too may obtain financial benefit like others, and we too will collect and bring it to you (peace and blessings be upon him) like others. Hearing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent, he (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his blessed head towards the ceiling of the room, we intended to say something, but Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) gestured from behind the curtain to stop us from speaking. After a while, he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to us and said: Beware! Charity is not lawful for Muhammad and the family of Muhammad; it is the filth of the people. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Call Mahmiya bin Juz, who was appointed over the ‘ushr (tithe). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Mahmiya (may Allah be pleased with him): Pay the dowries of both of them from the khumus (one-fifth share).

. (Second chain of narration) Sayyiduna Abdul Muttalib bin Rabee’ah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Fadl bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) both came to the service of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) so that he (peace and blessings be upon him) would arrange their marriages and appoint them over the collection of charity so that they could gain some financial benefit in this way, but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: These charities are the impurities of the people and they are not lawful for Muhammad and the family of Muhammad. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Mahmiya Zubaidi (may Allah be pleased with him): Arrange the marriage of Fadl. And he said to Sayyiduna Naufal bin Harith bin Abdul Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him): You arrange the marriage of Abdul Muttalib bin Rabee’ah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to appoint Mahmiya Zubaidi over the collection of khumus. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Pay the dowry of both of them from the khumus. Abdullah bin Harith did not specify its amount.

Ata bin Saib says: I brought an item of charity to Sayyida Umm Kulthum bint Ali (may Allah be pleased with her), but she returned it and said: Mawla Nabi Sayyidna Mehran narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: We, the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), charity is not lawful for us, and also, the servant of a people is counted among them.

(Second chain) He said to me: Mehran narrated to me that he passed by the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, called him, saying: Maymun! Or Mehran! We are such a household that we have been forbidden from (accepting) charity. Our slaves are also from among us, and we do not eat charity.