47/63. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3316 — Delaying Zakat and Hajj
Regarding Surat Al-Munafiqin
Hadith About Delaying Zakat and Hajj
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 3316
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 3316
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو جَنَابٍ الْكَلْبِيُّ، عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ مُزَاحِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، رضى الله عنهما قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ يُبَلِّغُهُ حَجَّ بَيْتِ رَبِّهِ أَوْ تَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ الزَّكَاةُ فَلَمْ يَفْعَلْ سَأَلَ الرَّجْعَةَ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ . فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ إِنَّمَا سَأَلَ الرَّجْعَةَ الْكُفَّارُ قَالَ سَأَتْلُو عَلَيْكَ بِذَلِكَ قُرْآنًا : ( يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلاَدُكُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ) : (وأَنْفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ ) إِلَى قَوْلِهِ : ( واللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ) قَالَ فَمَا يُوجِبُ الزَّكَاةَ قَالَ إِذَا بَلَغَ الْمَالُ مِائَتَىْ دِرْهَمٍ فَصَاعِدًا . قَالَ فَمَا يُوجِبُ الْحَجَّ قَالَ الزَّادُ وَالْبَعِيرُ . حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي حَيَّةَ، عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِنَحْوِهِ . وَقَالَ هَكَذَا رَوَى سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، وَغَيْرُ، وَاحِدٍ، هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي جَنَابٍ، عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَوْلُهُ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ . وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ رِوَايَةِ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ . وَأَبُو جَنَابٍ الْقَصَّابُ اسْمُهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي حَيَّةَ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ بِالْقَوِيِّ فِي الْحَدِيثِ .
Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:
Whoever Has Wealth, Required Him To Perform Hajj To The House Of His Lord, Or Upon Which Zakat Is Obligatory, But He Does Not Do It, Then He Shall Ask To Return (The World) Upon His Death.” A Man Said: “Oh Ibn Abbas! Have Taqwa Of Allah! It Is Only The Disbelievers Who Will Be Asked To Return.”He Said: “For That, I Shall Recite To You From The Qur’An: You Who Believe! Let Not Your Properties Or Your Children Divert You From The Remembrance Of Allah. And Whosever Does That, Then They Are With The Losers. And Spend Of That Which We Have Provided You Before Death Comes To One Of You, And Says: “My Lord! If Only You Would Give Me Respite For A Little While, Then I Should Give Sadaqah” Up To His Saying: “And Allah Is All-Aware Of What You Do.” He Said: “So What Makes Zakat Obligatory?” He Said: “When Wealth Reaches Two Hundred Or Above.” He Said: “What Makes Hajj Obligatory?” He Said: “Provisions And A Camel.”(Another Chain) From Ad-Dahhak : From Ibn Abbas, From The Prophet With Similar.
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3316In-book reference : Book 47, Hadith 368English translation : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3316
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 3316
This narration from Ibn Abbas warns about delaying duties linked to wealth. He said that whoever has wealth that makes hajj to the House of his Lord required, or wealth on which zakat is due, but does not do it, will ask to return at death. When a man objected and said only disbelievers ask to return, Ibn Abbas recited verses warning believers not to let wealth and children distract them from the remembrance of Allah and to spend before death comes. The hadith about delaying zakat and hajj focuses on acting before death, not letting wealth become a distraction, and taking religious duties seriously when they become due.
What we learn from this hadith
- Wealth and children should not distract from the remembrance of Allah.
- The narration warns against delaying zakat when it is due.
- The narration also mentions hajj when a person has the means described.
- Spending before death is stressed through the Qur’anic verses cited.
