1. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Waleed, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan al-Saffar, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Khalid, from some of what he narrated, that he ascribed it, saying
If the alms tax is prevented, the condition of the poor and the rich is worsened. I said: As for the poor, his condition is worsened when he is prevented from his right, but how is the condition of the rich worsened? He said: The rich who prevents (the deduction of) the alms tax, his condition will worsen in the Hereafter.