Sayyidah Umm Kulthum bint Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with her) - Sufyan said: She had prayed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) towards both qiblahs - narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best charity is that given to a close relative who harbours enmity (in his heart)." This hadith is sahih on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it. It has a supporting narration (shahid) with a sahih chain:

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: "Giving charity to a poor person is only one charity, whereas giving charity to a close relative is two things: it is both charity and upholding the ties of kinship."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Charity (zakah) is not lawful for a wealthy person, nor for a healthy, strong person who is sound of limb (and able to earn)." This hadith is sahih on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it. Its supporting narration is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both):

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Charity is not lawful for a wealthy person, nor for a strong, healthy person." Imam al-Thawri and Shu'bah used these words, whereas in the hadith of Ibrahim bin Sa'd the word is 'sawiyy' (sound of limb).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever begs (from people) while he has enough to make him self-sufficient will come on the Day of Resurrection with scratches or wounds on his face." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is the limit of self-sufficiency?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Fifty dirhams or its value in gold." Yahya bin Adam says: Abdullah bin Uthman said to Sufyan: "My recollection is that Shu'bah did not narrate from Hakim bin Jubayr." Sufyan al-Thawri said: "Zubayd narrated this hadith to us from Muhammad bin Abdurrahman bin Yazid."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Zakah is not lawful for a wealthy person except in five cases: one who fights in the path of Allah, the collector ('amil) of zakah, a debtor (who is unable to pay), a man who bought it with his own money, or a man who has a poor neighbour to whom charity was given, and then that poor man gave it as a gift to a wealthy person." This hadith is sahih on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it because Malik bin Anas narrated it mursal from Zayd bin Aslam.

It is narrated from Imam Malik that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Zakah is not lawful for a wealthy person except for five people," and then the narrator mentioned the complete hadith. This is sahih in my view, as I mentioned in the preface of the book: if a trustworthy narrator reports it with a connected chain, it is his word that is relied upon.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is afflicted by poverty and takes his need to people, his need will never be met; and whoever takes his need to Allah, Allah Almighty will soon make him self-sufficient, whether through an inheritance (received through a death) or through wealth that comes quickly." This hadith has a sahih chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Sayyiduna Malik bin Nadlah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hands are of three kinds: the highest hand is the hand of Allah, next is the hand of the giver (the generous one), and the hand of the one who asks (the beggar) is the lowest. So give what is surplus to your needs, and do not render yourself helpless (by depriving yourself)." This hadith has a sahih chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it; its supporting narration is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hands are of three kinds" (the narrator says that the remaining words of the hadith did not reach him).