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Adapted for Children from an authentic hadith
Transmitted by Abu Hurayrah

by (Anne Stephens) Khadeijah A. Darwish



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WHO TRIED TO STEAL THE ZAKAT?

Ramadan had just ended and that year Prophet Muhammad, praise
and peace be upon him, had appointed Abu Hurayrah to be the
custodian of the Zakat, which is the charity every adult Muslim must
pay at the end of Ramadan before the Eid prayer. Such an
appointment was, and still is, one of great honor and trust.

Now that the Eid prayer had been offered and the zakat collected it
was taken to a room where it would remain until it was time for the