Gardens of the Righteous — Page 210
210. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS month of Ramadhan. The man asked: Am I under obligation beyond it? The. Holy Prophet repeated: No, unless you were to observe voluntary fasts. Then the Holy Prophet mentioned to him the Zakat and he made the same inquiry and the Holy Prophets gave the same answer. The man then turned away saying: Allah is my witness that I shall not add anything to this, nor shall I detract anything from it. On this the Holy Prophet observed: He will prosper if he proves truthful (Bokhari and Muslim). 1213. This hadith is comprehended in No. 210. 1214. This hadith is the same as No. 393. 1215. Abu Hurairah relates: When the Holy Prophet died and Abu Bakr became Khalifa and of the Arabs some repudiated their obligations and Abu. Bakr said he would fight them, Umar said to him: How will you fight them while the Holy Prophet said: I have been commanded to fight those who fight me till they should affirm: There is none worthy of worship save Allah. Then whoever affirms this, his life and property will be secure except to the extent of his obligations, and his responsibility is to Allah. Abu Bakr answered him: I shall certainly fight those who make a distinction between Prayer and Zakat. . Zakat is obligatory in respect of wealth. Allah is my witness that if they hold back from me the nose-rope of a camel that they paid to the Holy Prophet, I shall fight them for their holding it back. Umar said thereafter: I then understood that Allah had made the matter of fighting plain to Abu Bakr and. I recognised that he was in the right (Bokhari and Muslim). 1216. Abu Ayub relates that a man asked the Holy Prophet: Tell me what should I do to be admitted to Paradise. He answered him: Worship. Allah, associating naught with Him, observe Prayer, pay the Zakat and strengthen the ties of kinship (Bokhari and Muslim). 1217. Abu Hurairah relates: A rustic came to the Holy Prophet and said: Messenger of Allah, tell me what I should do so that I should enter. Paradise. He answered him: Worship Allah and do not associate anything with. Him, and observe Prayer, and pay the obligatory Zakat, and observe the fast of. Ramadhan. The man said: By Him in Whose hands is my life I will not add anything to this. When he turned away the Holy Prophet said to those around him: He who would be pleased to look at someone out of the dwellers of. Paradise should look at that one (Bokhari and Muslim). 1218. Jarir ibn Abdullah relates: I made a covenant with the Holy. Prophet to observe Prayer, to pay the Zakat and to have the welfare of every. Muslim at heart (Bokhari and Muslim). 1219. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: A person having gold or silver who does not pay the Zakat due on it should know that on the. Day of Judgment his gold and silver will be melted into slabs which will then be heated in the fire of hell and his side and forehead and back will be branded therewith. When the slabs will become cool they will be heated up again and the branding will be continued during a day the extent of which will