و حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْعَلَائِ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ يَحْيَی بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ صَيْفِيٍّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا مَعْبَدٍ مَوْلَی ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ لَمَّا بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ إِلَی نَحْوِ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ قَالَ لَهُ إِنَّکَ تَقْدَمُ عَلَی قَوْمٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْکِتَابِ فَلْيَکُنْ أَوَّلَ مَا تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَی أَنْ يُوَحِّدُوا اللَّهَ تَعَالَی فَإِذَا عَرَفُوا ذَلِکَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ فَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ فِي يَوْمِهِمْ وَلَيْلَتِهِمْ فَإِذَا صَلَّوْا فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ زَکَاةً فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ تُؤْخَذُ مِنْ غَنِيِّهِمْ فَتُرَدُّ عَلَی فَقِيرِهِمْ فَإِذَا أَقَرُّوا بِذَلِکَ فَخُذْ مِنْهُمْ وَتَوَقَّ کَرَائِمَ أَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 7372
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When the Prophet sent Mu`adh to Yemen, he said to him, "You are going to a nation from the people of the Scripture, so let the first thing to which you will invite them, be the Tauhid of Allah. If they learn that, tell them that Allah has enjoined on them, five prayers to be offered in one day and one night. And if they pray, tell them that Allah has enjoined on them Zakat of their properties and it is to be taken from the rich among them and given to the poor. And if they agree to that, then take from them Zakat but avoid the best property of the people."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020