PRAYER RECEIVES ZAKAT

PRAYER RECEIVES ZAKAT

By: Ahmad Syahrin Thoriq

It is sunnah for people who receive zakat to pray for people who give zakat to them.[1] The reason for this is the following verse:

خُذْ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ صَدَقَةً تُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُزَكِّيهِمْ بِهَا وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِنَ stat

"Take zakat from some of their property, with that zakat you clean and purify them and pray for them. Verily, your prayer is a reassurance for their soul." (QS. At Taubah: 103)

The choices of prayers that can be read when receiving zakat include:

First

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى …

"O Allah, give blessings to (mention the name of the person who pays zakat)."[2]

Second

Allah, the Most High, the Most Merciful

"O Allah, bless him and his wealth."[3]

Third

‌آجَرَك ‌اللَّهُ ‌فِيمَا ‌أَعْطَيْت وَجَعَلَهَا لَك طَهُورًا وَبَارَكَ لَك فِيمَا أَبْقَيْت

"May Allah reward you for what you have given, may Allah purify you and may Allah bless you with the treasures that are still with you."[4]

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Meanwhile, in an almost similar editorial, the following is a well-known prayer among Hanabilah scholars:

آجَرَكَ Almighty Allah

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"May Allah reward you for what you have given, may Allah bless you with the treasures that are still with you and may Allah purify you."[5]

Hope it is useful. 

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[1] Imam Nawawi said:

God bless you all

"The law of praying is not obligatory according to the popular opinion of our madhhab and other madhhabs." (Al Adzkar p. 309)

[2] This lafadz is based on the following hadith:

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَتَاهُ قَوْمٌ بِصَدَقَةٍ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَأَتَاهُ أَبِي بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى آلِ أَبِي أَوْفَى

“When a people came to the Prophet ﷺ with alms, he then prayed for them: “Allahumma salli ‘alaihim” (O Allah, have mercy on them). 

After that my father met him while bringing his alms. He also prayed for him: "Allahumma shalli 'ala ali abu Aufa. (O Allah, send blessings on the Abu Aufa family).” (Narrated by Bukhari)

[3] This prayer is based on the hadith:

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَ سَاعِيًا ... فَجَاءَ بِنَاقَةٍ حَسْنَاءَ فَقَالَ أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَإِلَى نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ فِيهِ وَفِي إِبِلِهِ

“The Prophet ﷺ once sent a zakat collector... So a man came with a good camel and said; 'I repent to Allah ﷻ and to His Prophet ﷺ,' So he said: 'O Allah, bless him and his camel.' (Narrated by Nasai)

[4] This editorial is a prayer read by Imam Shafi'i, he said in al umm (2/64): "I like to read:

آجرك الله فيما أعطيت..... 

[5] Syarh al Kabir (7/168), Kasyf al Qina' (2/263).