Abu Hurairah says: We were present with Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), someone asked him if he remembered any special thing from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: Once I was walking with him (peace and blessings be upon him), he passed by a threshing floor where dates of zakat were lying. I took one date and put it in my mouth, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) took it out along with the saliva. Someone said: If you had left this date with the child, what harm would it have done to you? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Zakat is not lawful for us, the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Then Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I also learned five prayers from him (peace and blessings be upon him).