Ḥadīth Lesson: On What is Zakāt Due?

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Madad.

1Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Take grains from grains, sheep from sheep, camels from camels and cows from cows,” says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam. This is from the chapter of Zakāt.

2Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Rikaz is that which grows from the ground.” It means that when a treasure or buried object is found, zākat must be paid for it. The one who finds it must pay as zakāt one-fifth of it. So, if someone finds a hundred Lira, they must give twenty percent as zakāt. They cannot take all of it, saying, “I found this, I found a treasure, and I’m going to sell it.” It must be more than the normal zakāt. The normal zakāt is two and a half percent. But they must give twenty percent.

3Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Rikaz,” not zakāt; meaning treasure, buried treasure, or minerals. Because “It is gold and silver that Allah ﷻ created in the earth from the very first day it was created.” So, this also applies for metals; after the treasure is unearthed, twenty percent of it should be paid as zakāt.

4Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “There are four things subject to zakāt: wheat, barley, raisins, and dates.”

5Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

This is the chapter on Zakat, we say this, we listen, may Allah accept it. Again, it's necessary to ask those who know, because everything has its own Zakat. You must know in order to give Zakat accordingly.

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “There is no liability for injuries caused by falling into a mines or a well, nor those caused by pasturing animals;” If something happens, if there is any injury, they are considered in vain. They have no value, meaning no compensation is required. “But a fifth is payable on buried treasure.” So those things are one-fifth.

6Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “There is zakāt on camels.” The zakāt depends on the number of camels one owns. “There is also zakāt on sheep. There is zakāt on cattle. There is zakāt on wheat. And as for dinars,” meaning money, “Whoever possesses silver and gold and does not pay zakāt and does not spend them in the way of Allah, will be cauterized with them on the Day of Judgment.” That is for who hasn’t paid his debt or his zakāt (which is also a debt). On the Day of Judgment, he will be cauterized with fire with the gold and silver that he hoarded. Whatever he acquired, that gold and silver, will be to his detriment unless he pays his debt from it.

7Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “For every horse grazed in the pasture, there is a zakāt of one dinar of gold.” If one does not feed the horse oneself but lets it graze outside, he must give one gold for each.

8Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “A fifth is payable on buried treasure.” He ﷺ says, its zakāt is one in five.

9Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, ““A tenth is payable on buried treasure.”

10-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “A Ziqq (skin) is due for every ten Ziqq (skins) of honey.” So roughly one for ten skins of honey are given as zakat.

11-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “There is zakāt upon milk.”

12-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “A Tabi or a Tabi’ah (is due) on thirty cows, and a Musinnah (is due) on every forty.” So there’s zakāt upon the heifer or the calf.

13-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “A tenth is payable on what is watered by rain or rivers or brooks or from underground moisture.” So, one-tenth of must be given. “And a twentieth on what is watered by draught camels.” So, according to that, the expense is calculated. So, instead of one-tenth, half a-tenth is paid.

May Allāh ﷻ grant us all to give our zakāt. May it not remain upon us. May we give and give generously. May Allāh ﷻ accept it. May Allāh ﷻ protect us from the evil of our egos. Ego is greedy. May we not leave it for the Hereafter out of greed, in shā’a Llāh. Give more and more. The more you have, the more zakāt you must give; and since zakāt is Fard, the reward for the Fard is much higher than what’s nāfilah (voluntary).

Sadaqa RasuluLlah fi ma qal, aw kama qal. The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ says the truth in what he ﷺ said or as he ﷺ said.

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Ihda’ – Dedication:

Ziyadatan ila sharafi’ ‘n-Nabi, sallaLlahu `alayhi wa sallam wa Alihi wa Asahabihi l-kiram, wa ila arwahi jamee’i al Anbiya’i wa l-Mursalin wa Khudama’i sharai’ihim wa ila arwahi al ‘Aimmati al arba’a, wa ila arwahi Mashayyikhina fi tTariqati n-Naqshbandiyyati l-Aliyyah, khassatan Imamu t-Tariqah wa Ghawthu lKhaliqah Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, wa sai’ri Sadatina wa s-Siddiqiyun, wa man nahnu fi hadratihim wa jiwarihim. To the souls of all the ones who’d passed away. For the souls of all Shaheeds. For goodness to come and evil to be gone. Li-Llahi Ta’ala, Al-Fatiha.

[(Translation) To the honor of the Prophet, Prayers and Peace be upon Him, and his family, and his companions, and the souls of all the prophets as well as of His messengers and of those who served their Sharia, and to the souls of the four Imams. And to the souls of our Mashayikh of the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Tariqa, in particular to the soul of the Imam of the Tariqa Ghawth al-Khaliqa (the Help of Creation), Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, and the rest of our masters and Siddiqiyun, and to whom we are in their presence and near them. To the souls of all the ones who’d passed away. For the souls of all Shaheeds. For goodness to come and evil to be gone. To Allah Almighty. Al Fatiha.]

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 10 February 2026/ 22 Sha’ban 1447 Beylerbeyi Dergah, Istanbul