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.