The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent him to Yemen and said, "Take grain from grain, a sheep from sheep, a camel from camels, and a cow from cattle."
حدثنا الربيع بن سليمان حدثنا ابن وهب عن سليمان يعني ابن بلال عن شريك بن عبد الله بن أبي نمر عن عطاء بن يسار
أن رسول الله ﷺ بعثه إلى اليمن فقال خذ الحب من الحب والشاة من الغنم والبعير من الإبل والبقرة من البقر
[Its chain is daif] Ibn Majah reported it in the chapter on Zakat, in the section on what wealth zakat is due on, hadith 1814, from the hadith of Ibn Wahb, with the same chain.Ataa did not meet Muaz bin Jabal, as stated in Talkhis Mustadrak 1/388, since he was born after the death of Muaz.