Hadith 0.3

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‘A’isha said she heard God’s messenger say, “<i>zakat</i> is never mingled with any property without destroying it.” Shafi'i, Bukhari in his Ta’rikh, and al-Humaidi transmitted it, al-Humaidl adding He said, “<i>Sadaqa</i> will have been incumbent on you and you will not pay it, so what is forbidden will destroy what is lawful.” Those who hold that the <i>zakat</i> is connected with the property itself have used this as an argument. It is given thus in al-Muntaqa. Baihaqi transmitted in <i>Shu’ab al-iman</i> from Ahmad b. Hanbal with, his <i>isnad</i> to ‘A’isha, and Ahmad said “mingled” means that a man accepts <i>zakat</i> when he is opulent or rich, whereas it is only for the poor.