as with the property itself? There are two views on this. There are several grounds for requiring it to be provided free of charge, including His words, Exalted is He:

“And withhold simple assistance.”

In Sunan Abī Dāwūd, Ibn Masʿūd said: “We used to understand this as lending a cooking pot, a bucket, or an axe.” Likewise, a neighbour must be allowed to use one’s wall when he needs to, according to our school’s principle, which follows the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. There are other such instances as well.

In short, the wealth, use of property, or personal services that must be provided without compensation are discussed in detail elsewhere, even though many students of jurisprudence have an inadequate understanding of this, to the point that they may deny obligations explicitly imposed by the Sharia. Some mistakenly believe that the statement, “There is no financial obligation other than zakat,” applies universally. They are unaware that the hadith narrated by al-Tirmidhī from Fātimah states:

“There is indeed a financial obligation other than zakat.”

Whoever makes the former statement means the financial obligation that arises from possessing wealth itself and is therefore a standing obligation. Beyond that, we know as a self-evident teaching of Islam that Allah has made spending wealth obligatory in situations other than the prescribed zakat: for example, jihad through financial contributions when needed, spending on Hajj, and maintaining one’s wife, relatives, slaves, and animals. These also include obligatory expiations involving emancipation and charitable giving