'Abdallah b. ‘Amr reported God’s messenger as saying,
“Sadaqa may not be given to a rich man, or to one who has strength and is sound in limb.”
Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Darimi transmitted it,
and Ahmad, Nasa’i and Ibn Majah transmitted it from Abu Huraira.
Abu Rafi' said God’s messenger sent a man of the B. Makhzum to collect sadaqa and he asked him to accompany him so that he might get some of it; but he refused to do so till he went to God's messenger and asked him. He w…
‘Ubaidallah b. ‘Adi b. al-Khiyar said two men informed him that they had come to the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was at the Farewell Pilgrimage while he was dividing the sadaqa and asked him for some of it. He looked them up and…
‘Ata’ b. Yasar reported in mursal form that God’s messenger said,
''Sadaqa may not be given to a rich man, with the exception of five classes: one who fights in God’s path, or one who collects it, or a debtor, a man who…
Ziyad b. al-Harith as-Suda’i said he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and swore allegiance to him, and after telling a long story he said that a man came to him and asked him to give him some of the sadaqa. God’s messenger then s…