The Prophet (ﷺ) sent Mu'adh to Yemen and said, Invite the people to testify that La ilâha ill-Allâh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah) and I am Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) (Islâmic Monotheism), and if they obey you to do so, then inform them that Allâh has enjoined on them five (prayers) in every day and night (in twenty-four hours), and if they obey you to do so, then inform them that Allâh has made it obligatory for them to pay the Sadaqa [1] (Zakât) from their properties and it is to be taken from the wealthy among them and given to the poor among them. [2:478-0.B.]

A man said to the Prophet (ﷺ) " 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 (ﷺ) said, "He has something to ask. (What he needs greatly) ". The Prophet (ﷺ) said: " (In order to enter Paradise) you should worship Allâh (Alone, and none else) and do not ascribe any partners to Him, offer Iqâmat-As-Salat *, pay the Zakât and keep good relations with your kith and kin. [2:479-0.B.]

A bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "Tell me of such a deed as will make me enter Paradise, if I do it." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Worship Allâh, and worship none along with Him, perform Iqâmat-As-Salat, pay the compulsory Zakât, and observe Şaum (fasts) in the month of Ramaḍân." The bedouin said, "By Him, in Whose Hands my soul (life) is, I will not do more than this." When he (the bedouin) left, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever likes to see a man of Paradise, then he may look at this man. [2:480-O.B.]

When Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) died and Bakr became the caliph some Arabs renegaded (converted to disbelief) (Bakr decided to declare war against them), 'Umar said to Abu Bakr, "How can you fight with these people although Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'I have been ordered (by Allâh) to fight the people till they say: La ilâha ill-Allah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allâh) 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 Allâh." Abu Bakr said, "By Allâh ! I will fight those who differentiate between the Salât (prayer) and the Zakât, as Zakat is the compulsory right to be taken from the property (according to Allâh's Orders). By Allâh ! If they refuse to pay me even a she-kid which they used to pay at the time of Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) I would fight with them for withholding it ". Then 'Umar said, By Allâh, it was nothing, but Allâh opened Bakr's chest towards the decision (to fight) and I came to know that his decision was right." [2:483-O.B.]

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "(On the Day of Resurrection) camels will come to their owner in the best state of health they have ever had (in the world), and if he had not paid their Zakât (in the world) then they would tread him with their feet; and similarly, sheep will come to their owner in the best state of health they have ever had in the world, and if he had not paid their Zakât, then they would tread him with their hooves and would butt him with their horns." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "One of their rights is that they should be milked while water is kept in front of them." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "I do not want anyone of you to come to me on the Day of Resurrection, carrying over his neck a sheep that will be bleating. Such a person will (then) say, 'O Muḥammad ! (Please intercede for me,) ' I will say to him, I can't help you, for I conveyed Allâh's Message to you. ' Similarly, I do not want anyone of you to come to me carrying over his neck a camel that will be grunting. Such a person (then) will say ' O Muḥammad ! (Please intercede for me) ', I will say to him, 'I can't help you for I conveyed Allah's Message to you. ' " [2:485-O.B.]

Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) said, I " Whoever is made wealthy by Allâh and does not pay the Zakât of his wealth, then on the Day of Resurrection his wealth will be made like a bald-headed poisonous male snake with two black spots over the eyes (or two poisonous glands in its mouth) [1]. The snake will encircle his neck and bite his cheeks and say, 'I am your wealth, I am your treasure. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) recited the holy Verse: " Let not those who covetously withhold..... (to the end of the Verse). (V.3:180). [2:486-O.B]

Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "No Zakât is due on property mounting to less than five Uqiya (of silver), and no Zakât is due on less than five camels, and there is no Zakât on less than five Wasq." (A Wasq equals 60) & (1 ' = 3 kgs approx.). [See: in the glossary] [2:487-O.B.]

Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If one gives in charity what equals one date-fruit from the honestly earned money and Allâh accepts only the honestly earned money. Allah takes-it in His Right (Hand) and then enlarges its reward for that person (who has given it), as anyone of you brings up his baby horse, so much so that it becomes as big as a mountain." [2:491-O.B.]