9/1. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1557 — Zakat as the Right Due from Wealth
Zakat
Zakat Is the Due Right of Wealth
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1557
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1557
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ، وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِنَّ حَقَّهُ أَدَاءُ الزَّكَاةِ وَقَالَ عِقَالاً .
This tradition has also been transmitted by Al Zuhri through a different chain of narrators. This version has “Abu Bakr said its due is the payment of zakat.” He used the word “a rope of a Camel”
[2] Meaning, among those rights mentioned after the command when he ﷺ said: “...except for a right.”[3] Though this route of transmission was mentioned for the different wording, here it is narrated by different Shaikhs from Ibn Wahb.Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1557In-book reference : Book 9, Hadith 2English translation : Book 9, Hadith 1552
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1557
This Hadith is a shorter version of the previous report about Abu Bakr and zakat. It says that the tradition was also transmitted by Al-Zuhri through a different chain. In this version, Abu Bakr said that its due is the payment of zakat, and he used the wording “a rope of a camel.” Since the text is brief, the main teaching should stay brief too: zakat is treated as a due right connected to wealth, not as an optional gift. The report supports the wording in the longer narration and keeps the focus on Abu Bakr’s statement about paying zakat. It is useful for searches about zakat obligation and the right of wealth.
What we learn from this hadith
- This report supports the previous narration through another chain.
- Abu Bakr described zakat as the due right connected to wealth.
- The wording includes the mention of a camel rope.
- The Hadith keeps the focus on the obligation of paying zakat.
