Al-Harith bin Abi Usama mentioned in his Musnad on the authority of Anas, who said: A man from Banu Sulaym came and said, O Messenger of God, if you pay zakat to your Messenger, then you have absolved yourself from it before God and His Messenger. So the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, Yes, if you pay it to my Messenger, then you have cleared it of it. You are absolved from it, and you have its reward, and its sin is on whoever changes it.

Abu Dawud mentioned from the hadith of Jabir that the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said, “There will come to you a group of haters. When they come to you, welcome them and let them be alone with what they seek. If they are just, then there is no soul for them, and if they are unjust, then do it and please them.”