Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent me to collect zakat from the tribes of Bali and Udhrah. I passed by a man from the tribe of Bali who had thirty (30) camels. I said to him: "It is obligatory upon you to give a bint makhad (a young she-camel) from these camels." He said: "This is such an animal that cannot be ridden and does not give milk. I do not like to present inferior wealth to Allah. You have the choice (to take another animal)." Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "I cannot take from you more than what is obligatory upon you. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is present, so go to him." That man went to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said the same thing he had said to Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "This is what is obligatory upon you. If you bring more than this, we will accept it from you." He said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! This is a fat, healthy she-camel. Who will take possession of it?" The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) instructed, so a man took possession of it. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) prayed for blessing in that man's wealth. The narrator named 'Ammarah says: After that, a long time passed. Marwan (who was the governor of Madinah) sent me to collect zakat from the tribes of Bali and Udhrah. This was during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Amir Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him). I passed by that man, and according to my calculation, the zakat on his wealth was thirty (30) hiqqah, including one male animal, and the number of his camels was one thousand five hundred. Ibn Ishaq says: I asked the narrator named Abdullah bin Abu Bakr: "What is meant by a male animal?" He replied: "The Sunnah is that when a person's zakat reaches thirty (30) hiqqah, then a male animal is also to be taken along with them."

Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) sent Sa’d bin Ubadah to collect Zakat. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: O Sa’d! Try to avoid bringing such a camel on the Day of Resurrection that is groaning. He (Sa’d) said: Neither will I find it nor will I bring it. So the Prophet (peace be upon him) did not assign him this responsibility.

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Zakat is not obligatory on a Muslim's horse or slave."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Zakat is not obligatory on a man's horse or slave, except that (for the slave) Sadaqat al-Fitr is obligatory." (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:): This narration contains evidence that a slave does not own anything, because the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) made Sadaqat al-Fitr obligatory for the slave, but its payment is not obligatory upon him; rather, it is obligatory upon his owner.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) to collect zakat, so Ibn Jameel, Khalid bin Walid, and Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) refused to give zakat. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Ibn Jameel is only angry because he was poor and Allah Almighty made him prosperous. As for Khalid, you have wronged Khalid; he has already set aside his armors and equipment in the way of Allah. As for Abbas, he is the uncle of the Messenger of Allah, so the payment of his zakat and an equal amount more is my responsibility. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do you not know that a man’s uncle is in the place of the man (the narrator is unsure if these are the words) or in the place of the man’s father. (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:): The statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding Khalid,“You have wronged Khalid because he has set aside his armors and equipment in the way of Allah,”means: You are wronging him because he has withheld his armors and other equipment from his wealth until he has no wealth left upon which zakat is obligatory. And regarding Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), the Prophet’s statement that the payment of an equal amount is my responsibility, means: The payment of their zakat is my responsibility and I am their guarantor, and along with it, I am also the guarantor of an equal amount of charity that will be obligatory upon them next year. Shu‘aib bin Abu Hamzah narrated this report from Abu Zinad, who narrated regarding Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) these words:“This is obligatory upon him and along with it, an equal amount is obligatory.”So it is possible that this means that this is charity for them, because the Arabs in their idiom say,“It is obligatory upon him,”meaning that he will receive it. As Allah Almighty says:“These are the ones for whom there is a curse and for them is an evil abode.”This means: There is a curse upon these people. It was not permissible for Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) to take zakat. There are two reasons for this. One reason is: He was a wealthy person. It was not permissible for him to take obligatory zakat. The second reason is: He was from the descendants of Hashim, so how could it be that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) would forgo the obligatory zakat upon him while it was not permissible for him to take zakat, and the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade giving zakat to the poor members of his family. As Musa bin Uqbah narrated from Abu Zinad, in which regarding Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) these words are mentioned:“So this will be given to them and an equal amount will be given to them along with it.”By this is meant: Its payment is my responsibility on their behalf. Just as Waraqah bin Umar, the narrator, has narrated these words in his narration.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abu Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Whenever someone would bring the zakat of his wealth to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would supplicate for mercy for him. I brought the zakat of my wealth to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), so he said: O Allah! Send mercy upon the family of Abu Awfa.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Zakat is not obligatory on (silver) less than five awqiyah, nor is zakat obligatory on (grain) less than five wasq, nor is zakat obligatory on camels less than five."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Zakat is not obligatory on wheat and dates until they reach five wasq. Zakat is not obligatory on silver until it reaches five uqiyyah. Zakat is not obligatory on camels until they reach five camels."

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

Sayyiduna ‘Attab bin Asid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to send someone to the people who would estimate their fruits and produce.