9/24. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1635 — Five Cases Where a Rich Person May Receive
The Rich Person Who Is Allowed To Accept Sadaqah
Sadaqah for a Rich Person Hadith: Five Exceptions
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1635
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1635
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ تَحِلُّ الصَّدَقَةُ لِغَنِيٍّ إِلاَّ لِخَمْسَةٍ لِغَازٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ لِعَامِلٍ عَلَيْهَا أَوْ لِغَارِمٍ أَوْ لِرَجُلٍ اشْتَرَاهَا بِمَالِهِ أَوْ لِرَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ جَارٌ مِسْكِينٌ فَتُصُدِّقَ عَلَى الْمِسْكِينِ فَأَهْدَاهَا الْمِسْكِينُ لِلْغَنِيِّ " .
Ata ibn Yasar Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Sadaqah may not be given to rich man, with the exception of five classes: One who fights in Allah's path, or who collects it, or a debtor, or a man who buys it with his money, or a man who has a poor neighbour who has been given sadaqah and gives a present to the rich man.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1635In-book reference : Book 9, Hadith 80English translation : Book 9, Hadith 1631
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1635
This sadaqah for a rich person hadith gives five listed exceptions. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said sadaqah is not lawful for a rich man except in five cases: one who fights in Allah’s path, one who collects it, a debtor, a man who buys it with his own money, or a man whose poor neighbor receives sadaqah and then gifts it to the rich man. The wording is practical and exact. It does not remove the main rule that sadaqah is not for the rich. It explains named cases where it may reach him. Readers searching “five exceptions zakat rich hadith” or “can a rich person receive sadaqah hadith” should notice each exception as stated, without adding more.
What we learn from this hadith
- The main rule remains that sadaqah is not for the rich.
- The hadith lists five stated exceptions.
- A worker who collects sadaqah is included in the exceptions.
- A poor neighbor’s gift can make sadaqah reach a rich person as a gift.
