CHAPTER: The Rich Person Who Is Allowed To Accept Sadaqah.
Narrated Ata ibn Yasar: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Sadaqah may not be given to rich man, with the exception of five classes: One who fights in Allah's path, or who collects it, or a debtor, or a man who buys it with his money, or a man who has a poor neighbour who has been given sadaqah and gives a present to the rich man.
The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by abu-Said al-Khudri to the same effect to a different chain of narrators, attributing it to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. Abu-Dawud said: Ibn ‘Uyainah reported from Zaid, from whom Malik narrated and Thwari narrated from Zaid that an authentic narrator reported from the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم
Abu-Said reported: Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Sadaqah is not lawful for a rich person except what comes as a result of Jihad or what a poor neighbor gifts you out of the sadaqah given to him, or he entertains you in a feast. Abu-Dawud said: This has been transmitted by Abu- Said through a different chain of narrators in a similar way.