Mishkat al-Masabih #1724
Zakat
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَعَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ: كُنْتُ أَلْبَسُ أَوْضَاحًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَكَنْزٌ هُوَ؟ فَقَالَ: «مَا بلغ أَن يُؤدى زَكَاتُهُ فَزُكِّيَ فَلَيْسَ بِكَنْزٍ» . رَوَاهُ مَالِكٌ وَأَبُو دَاوُد
Umm Salama said she was wearing gold ornaments and asked God’s messenger whether that was a treasure,* to which he replied,
“Whatever reaches a quantity on which zakat is payable is not a treasure when the zakat is paid.”
Malik and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
* The word kanz which means a treasure is used as a technical term for property liable to zakat on which the zakat is not paid.
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This hadith is #1724 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Zakat.