On the authority of Abdullah ibn Amr, from the Prophet, peace be upon him, who said: "Charity is not permissible for the wealthy, nor for the one who is strong and sound (1)."

Abu Dawud said: Sufyan narrated it from Sa'd ibn Ibrahim, just as Ibrahim said, and Shu'bah narrated it from Sa'd who said: "for the one who is strong and mighty." The other hadiths from the Prophet, peace be upon him, some say: "for the one who is strong and mighty," and some say: "for the one who is strong and sound."

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(1) Its chain is strong. Rayhan ibn Yazid al-Amiri was declared trustworthy by Ibn Ma'in and Ibn Hibban, and it is mentioned in his biography in "Al-Tarikh al-Kabir" 3/329: "He was a truthful Bedouin." Sa'd is Ibn Ibrahim ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf al-Zuhri.

It was also recorded by al-Tirmidhi (658) via the chain of Sufyan al-Thawri, from Sa'd ibn Ibrahim, with this chain. He said: "The hadith of Abdullah ibn Amr is a good hadith."

It is in "Musnad Ahmad" (6530).

It has a supporting witness from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah in Ibn Majah (1839), and al-Nasa'i in "Al-Kubra" (2389).

Another from the hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri will come later under number (1637).

A third from the hadith of Hubshi ibn Junadah in al-Tirmidhi (659).

A fourth from the hadith of a man from Banu Hilal, one of the companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him, in Ahmad (16594).

His saying: "nor for the one who is strong" — with a kasrah on the mim — meaning: strength and vigor, and "sound" meaning: healthy in limbs.

His saying: "charity is not permissible" — meaning: asking for it. Otherwise, it is permissible for the poor person, even if he is strong and healthy in limbs, if someone gives it to him without him asking.

He said in "Al-Muhit," as quoted by al-Qari in "Al-Mirqat": Wealth is of three types: Wealth that obligates zakat, which is possessing a complete nisab held for a full year.

And wealth that makes charity forbidden and obligates zakat al-fitr and the sacrificial animal: which is possessing what reaches the value of a nisab of wealth surplus to one's basic needs.

And wealth that makes asking forbidden but not charity: which is having one's sustenance for the day and what covers his nakedness.