Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat ul Fitr)

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:

The Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) sent Mu`adh to Yemen and said, "Invite the people to testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and I am Allah's Messenger, and if they obey you to do so, then teach them that Allah has enjoined on them five prayers in every day and night (in twenty-four hours), and if they obey you to do so, then teach them that Allah has made it obligatory for them to pay the Zakat from their property and it is to be taken from the wealthy among them and given to the poor." [Reported by Sahih al-Bukhari 1395, Book 24, Hadith 478]

Narrated Abu Aiyub:

A man said to the Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) "Tell me of such a deed as will make me enter Paradise." The people said, "What is the matter with him? What is the matter with him?" The Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, "He has something to ask. (What he needs greatly) The Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said: (In order to enter Paradise) you should worship Allah and do not ascribe any partners to Him, offer prayer perfectly, pay the Zakat and keep good relations with your Kith and kin." (See Hadith No. 12, Vol 8). [Sahih al-Bukhari 1396, Book 24, Hadith 479]

Narrated Abu Huraira:

A Bedouin came to the Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) and said, "Tell me of such a deed as will make me enter Paradise, if I do it." The Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, "Worship Allah, and worship none along with Him, offer the (five) prescribed compulsory prayers perfectly, pay the compulsory Zakat, and fast the month of Ramadan." The Bedouin said, "By Him, in Whose Hands my life is, I will not do more than this." When he (the Bedouin) left, the Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, "Whoever likes to see a man of Paradise, then he may look at this man." [Reported by Sahih al-Bukhari 1397, Book 24, Hadith 480]

Narrated Abu Zur'a: From the Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) the same as above.

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:

A delegation of the tribe of `Abdul Qais came to the Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam)! We are from the tribe of Rabi`a, and the infidels of the tribe of Mudar stands between us and you; so we cannot come to you except during the Sacred Months. Please order us to do something (religious deeds) which we may carry out and also invite to it our people whom we have left behind." The Prophet said, "I order you to do four things and forbid you four others: (I order you) to have faith in Allah, and confess that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, (and the Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) gestured with his hand like this (i.e. one knot) and to offer prayers perfectly and to pay the Zakat, and to pay one fifth of the booty in Allah's Cause. And I forbid you to use Dubba', Hantam, Naqir and Muzaffat (all these are the names of utensils used for preparing alcoholic drinks).” [Reported by Sahih al-Bukhari 1398, Book 24, Hadith 482]

Narrated Abu Huraira:

When Allah's Messenger (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) died and Abu Bakr became the caliph some Arabs renegade (reverted to disbelief) (Abu Bakr decided to declare war against them), `Umar, said to Abu Bakr, "How can you fight with these people although Allah's Messenger (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, 'I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight the people till they say: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and whoever said it then he will save his life and property from me except on trespassing the law (rights and conditions for which he will be punished justly), and his accounts will be with Allah." Abu Bakr said, "By Allah! I will fight those who differentiate between the prayer and the Zakat as Zakat is the compulsory right to be taken from the property (according to Allah's orders) By Allah! If they refuse to pay me even a she-kid which they used to pay at the time of Allah's Messenger (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam). I would fight with them for withholding it" Then `Umar said, "By Allah, it was nothing, but Allah opened Abu Bakr's chest towards the decision (to fight) and I came to know that his decision was right." [Reported by Sahih al-Bukhari 1399, 1400, Book 24, Hadith 483]