Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that from every ten wasqs of dates, one bunch should be hung in the mosque for the poor.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "It is not permissible for a wealthy person or for one who is able to earn to take zakat."

Kinanah ‘Adawi narrates: I was present with Sayyiduna Qabeesah bin Mukhaariq (may Allah be pleased with him) when some people from his tribe sought his help regarding the marriage of a man from their tribe. He refused to give them anything, so they got up and left. Kinanah narrates: I said to him,“You are the chief of your tribe. Those people came to you seeking (help), but you did not give them anything.”He replied,“As far as this matter is concerned, I will not give anything. I will tell you about it. Once, I took responsibility for a payment on behalf of someone from my tribe. I went to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him about it. I requested the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to help me. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘O Qabeesah, we take your payment upon ourselves and will pay it from the camels of charity.’ Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘(Asking for something) is only permissible for three types of people: one who takes responsibility for a payment, for him it is permissible to ask until he pays off that debt; one who is afflicted by a calamity that destroys his produce, for him it is permissible to ask until he fulfills his needs (the narrator is unsure about one word here); and one who is struck by hunger and three wise men from his tribe testify that it has become permissible for him to ask, then it is permissible for him to ask until he fulfills his basic needs. Other than this, asking is forbidden.’

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates this statement of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him: "I return to my house and find a fallen date there. I pick it up to eat it, then I fear that it might be from charity, so I put it back."

Sayyiduna Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):“Zakat is not lawful for us; the slave of any people is considered part of them.”

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Dates of zakat were brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Sayyiduna Imam Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) picked up one of those dates. He put it in his mouth, so the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Spit it out, spit it out, zakat is not lawful for us.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Dates of zakat were brought to the service of Sayyiduna Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Sayyiduna Imam Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) took one of those dates and put it in his mouth. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) put his two fingers in his mouth and took it out, and said: O my son, spit it out. Do you not know that zakat is not lawful for us?

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) would sometimes pass by a fallen date, but he would not pick it up out of concern that it might be from the zakat.

Sayyiduna Jubair bin Mut’im (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Once he and Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) presented themselves before the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to discuss with him about the distribution of the Khaybar fifth, which the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had divided among Banu Hashim and Banu Muttalib. Both of these are descendants of Abd Manaf. They wanted to talk to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) about this, because their own relationship (to the Prophet) was the same as that of those people. Both of them submitted: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! You have distributed the (Khaybar fifth) among our brothers from Banu Muttalib and Banu Hashim, but you have not given us anything. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to them: Are Hashim and Muttalib not one and the same? (Because they are the children of one father.) Sayyiduna Jubair bin Mut’im (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not give anything from this fifth to Banu Abd Shams and Banu Nawfal, whereas he gave from it to Banu Hashim and Banu Muttalib.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The poor person is not the one who goes away with one or two items of food, or with one or two morsels, or with one or two dates. Rather, the poor person is the one who does not have enough to fulfill his needs, and yet he does not go around asking people persistently; he is too shy to ask people persistently."