Ibn Mas'ud reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying, “No man will fail to pay the zakat on his property without Allah putting a large snake on his neck on the day of resurrection." He then recited to them the justification of it from Allah s Book, “Let not those who are niggardly with what Allah has given them from His bounty suppose…”* Tirmidhi, Nasa’i and Ibn Majah transmitted it. * Quran 3