عن عبدِ الله بنِ مُعاويةَ رضي الله عنه ، قال: قال النبيُّ ﷺ:«ثلاثٌ مَن فعَلهنَّ فقد طَعِمَ طَعْمَ الإيمانِ:مَن عبَدَ اللهَ وحدَه، وأنه لا إلهَ إلا اللهُ،وأعطى زكاةَ ماله طيِّبةً بها نفْسُهُ، رافدةً عليه كلَّ عام،ولا يُعطي الهَرِمةَ، ولا الدَّرِنةَ، ولا المريضةَ، ولا الشَّرَطَ اللئيمةَ؛ولكنْ مِن وسَطِ أموالكم؛ فإنَّ اللهَ لم يَسألْكم خيرَه، ولم يأمُرْكم بشرِّه»
‘Abdullāh ibn Mu‘āwiyah narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
1. Whoever does three things will experience the taste of faith. 2. To worship God alone [believing] that there is no deity other than God; 3. To give the zakat due on his property willingly and cheerfully, as it becomes due every year; 4. Not to give [in zakat] an old animal, or one with scabies, or a sickly one, or a small unwanted one; 5. But choose from among the average of your property. God has neither required you to give the best, nor told you to choose the worst.
Related by Abu Dāwūd, 1582.
‘Abdullāh ibn Mu‘āwiyah al-Ghāḍirī belonged to the tribe of Ghāḍirat Qays and was a companion of the Prophet. He narrated only one hadith, which is the one we are discussing. Jubayr ibn Nufayl narrated from him. He stopped for some time in Homs and lived in Syria.
