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Sahih Muslim, 989 a
sahih

Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported:

There came people from among the Bedouins to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: Collectors of Sadaqa come to us and treat us unjustly. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Please your collectors. Jarir said: Ever since I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) no collector had departed but was pleased with me.

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ، فُضَيْلُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ الْعَبْسِيُّ، عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ جَاءَ نَاسٌ مِنَ الأَعْرَابِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالُوا إِنَّ نَاسًا مِنَ الْمُصَدِّقِينَ يَأْتُونَنَا فَيَظْلِمُونَنَا ‏.‏ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

‏ ارْضُوا مُصَدِّقِيكُمْ ‏

‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ جَرِيرٌ مَا صَدَرَ عَنِّي مُصَدِّقٌ مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلاَّ وَهُوَ عَنِّي رَاضٍ ‏.‏

References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 12, Hadith 35
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 5, Hadith 2168 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
Islam regulated the matters of the religion and demonstrated how to perform the obligations and pillars. This includes its clarification of the rulings of Zakah, how to collect it, and the relevant requirements and etiquettes, so that this obligation can be fulfilled with willing hearts. In this Hadīth, Jarīr ibn ‘Abdullāh (may Allah be pleased with him) informs that a group of Bedouins - those who live in the desert - came to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) in Madīnah and said: "Some people from among the Zakah collectors" who estimate people's wealth and take the due Zakah therefrom, "come to us and treat us unjustly," i.e., they take more than the amount required of us. Thereupon, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Make your Zakah collectors pleased." This means: Make them pleased by giving what is due, treating them gently, and refraining from opposing them. In a version narrated by Abu Dāwūd, they said: "O Messenger of Allah, even if they wrong us?" He said: "Make your Zakah collectors pleased, even if you are wronged." This statement is based on the presumed occurrence of injustice, not on its actual occurrence, and on the fact that if the Zakah collectors act justly, this is for themselves, and if they act unjustly, it is against themselves; whereas the property owner can lodge a complaint or clarify to him that this is not due to you; rather, what is due to you is such and such. Then, Jarīr (may Allah be pleased with him) said that no Zakah collector had left him without being pleased with him, out of tolerance towards him and in compliance with the command of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). Meanwhile, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the Zakah collectors to refrain from injustice and to avoid the most precious items of people's property. In a Hadīth narrated by Al-Bukhāri and Muslim and reported by Mu‘ādh (may Allah be pleased with him), he said to them: "So, do not take the most precious items of their property. And beware of the supplication of the oppressed, for there is no barrier between it and Allah." Thus, both the Zakah collector and the Zakah payer should observe the limits set by Allah. In the Hadīth: The necessity of paying the Zakah in all conditions. And in it: Pleasing the Zakah collectors by paying the Zakah willingly and avoiding procrastination in its estimation And in it: The keenness of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) to comply with the commands of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him)..
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