The Zakat must not be given for building mosques,[229] for funeral expenses, liquidating the debts of a deceased person, or to purchase a slave in order to set him free. It is not lawful to give the Zakat to parents or grand-parents, children or grandchildren; or for a husband to give it to his wife, or a wife to her husband; or a master to his slave. The Sahibain[230] maintain that a wife can apply the Zakat to her husband's wants and quote this Tradition: "A woman asked the Prophet if she could give the Zakat to her husband. He answered 'give; such an act has two rewards, one for the giving of charity and one for the fulfilment of the duties of relationship.'" It should not be given to a rich man, nor to his son, nor to his slave. The descendants of Hasham and the descendants of the Prophet should not be the recipients of the Zakat. The Prophet said: "O Ahl-i-Beit (men of the house), it is not lawful for you to receive Zakat, for you get the one-fifth share of my fifth portion of the booty." So some say that Syeds are excluded; but they demur and reply that they do not now get a portion of the spoil of the Infidels. Zakat must not be given to a Zimmi (a non-muslim subject). In Muhammadan countries there are officers whose duty it is to collect the Zakat; in India the payment is left to each person's conscience. Whilst there is not much regularity in the payment, due credit must be given for the care which Musalmans take of their poor. The Sadqa (charitable offerings) form a different branch of this subject. A full account of it will be given in the section of the next chapter which treats of the 'Id-ul-Fitr. {223} 5. THE HAJJ.--The Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, is a farz duty, and he who denies this fact is considered to be an infidel. "The pilgrimage to the temple is a service due to God from those who are able to journey thither: and as to him who believeth not--verily God can afford to dispense with all creatures." (Sura iii. 91, 92.) On the authority of Ibn 'Abbas the following Tradition has been handed down. "The Prophet said: 'God has made the Hajj farz.' Then Aqra' bin Habis, standing up, said: 'O Prophet is it to be made every year?' His Excellency said: 'If I say--yes, it will be a wajib duty to do it annually; but that ye are not able to bear, so the Hajj is necessary only once; whatever pilgrimage may be made to Mecca in addition is nafl.'"