Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَبَهْزٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ فَقَالَ لِأَبِي رَافِعٍ اصْحَبْنِي كَيْمَا تُصِيبَ مِنْهَا قَالَ لَا حَتَّى آتِيَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَسْأَلَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ الصَّدَقَةُ لَا تَحِلُّ لَنَا وَإِنَّ مَوْلَى الْقَوْمِ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ.
English Translation
Muhammad bin Ja'far and Bahz narrated to us, they said: Shu'bah narrated to us, from al-Hakam, from Ibn Abi Rafi, from Abu Rafi, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent a man of Banu Makhzum to collect the charity (zakat), and he said to Abu Rafi: Accompany me so that you may get a share of it. He said: No, not until I go to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and ask him. So he went to the Prophet and asked him, and he said: Charity is not lawful for us, and the freed slave of a people is reckoned as one of them.