Azami 3957

Reported by Abu Dawud (1576), Tirmidhi (623), Nasai (2455), and Ibn Majah (1803), all through chains from Amash, from Shaqiq, from Masruq, from Muaz bin Jabal, as mentioned. Ibn Khuzayma graded it sahih (2267), as did Ibn Hibban (4886), and Hakim (1/398) said, "Sahih according to the standard of the two Shaykhs, though they did not include it." Some added, "and from every adult, meaning one who has reached puberty, a dinar or its equivalent in maafir garments, which are made in Yemen."There is disagreement among scholars about whether Masruq actually met Muaz. The view held by the careful scholars is that he did meet him. Ibn Abdul-Barr said in Tamhid (2/275), "This report has been narrated from Muaz with a connected, sahih, established chain. Abdul-Razzaq mentioned it, saying, Mamar and Thawri narrated to us from Amash, from Abu Waail, from Masruq, from Muaz."I say, Masruq is Ibn Ajdaa Hamdani, and he is among those who narrated from Abu Bakr , who died in the year thirteen, while Muaz bin Jabal died in the year eighteen. Ibn Hajar discussed this at length in Talkhis, so it should be consulted there.This is supported by what Malik reported as a statement stopping at Muaz, in the chapter on zakat (24), from Humayd bin Qays Makki, from Tawus Yamani, that Muaz bin Jabal Ansari used to take a yearling calf from every thirty cattle and a two-year-old from every forty, and when he was brought fewer than that, he refused to take anything from it, saying, "I have not heard anything from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about this until I meet him and ask him." But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died before Muaz bin Jabal returned to him.Ibn Abdul-Barr said, "On the surface, this hadith appears to be Muaz's own statement, stopping at him. However, his saying that he had not heard anything from the Prophet ﷺ regarding amounts below thirty and forty cattle is clear evidence that he had indeed heard from him regarding thirty and forty what he was practicing in that matter, since such a ruling could not be a matter of personal opinion, it must be something instructed by the one who was commanded to take zakat from those whom he purifies and cleanses through it ﷺ. There is no disagreement among the scholars that the established practice regarding zakat on cattle is what is found in this hadith of Muaz, and that it represents the agreed-upon threshold for it. This hadith of Tawus, according to them, is not connected when narrated from Muaz, whereas the hadith from Muaz is established and connected through the narration of Mamar and Thawri, from Amash, from Abu Waail, from Masruq, from Muaz, carrying the same meaning as Malik's hadith." Istidhkar (9/157).I say, something similar has also been reported from Ibn Masud as a statement of the Prophet, "For every thirty cattle, a yearling male or female calf, and for every forty, a two-year-old." But this contains a break and weakness in its chain. It was reported by Tirmidhi (622) and Ibn Majah (1804), both through the hadith of Abdul-Salam bin Harb, from Khaseef, from Abu Ubayda, from Abdullah, as mentioned.Tirmidhi said, "This is how Abdul-Salam bin Harb narrated it, from Khaseef, and Abdul-Salam is trustworthy and retentive. Sharik also narrated this hadith from Khaseef, from Abu Ubayda, from his father, from Abdullah, but Abu Ubayda bin Abdullah did not hear from Abdullah," meaning his father.I say, this chain contains Khaseef, who is Ibn Abdul-Rahman Jazari. Imam Ahmad graded him daif. Abu Hatim said, "He is decent but mixes things up," and criticized the poor quality of his memory. Ibn Hibban said, "He was a decent shaykh, a jurist and devout worshipper, but he made many mistakes in what he narrated, and he would narrate alone from well-known narrators things that no one else corroborated, though he is truthful in his narration." Imam Ahmad transmitted this through his chain (3905), in a longer version than this one.On this subject there is also a report from Ibn Abbas, who said, "When the Prophet ﷺ sent Muaz to Yemen, he instructed him to take, from cattle, a yearling male or female calf for every thirty, and a two-year-old cow for every forty." This was reported by Bazzar (892) and Daraqutni (1928) through the route of Baqiya, who said, Masudi narrated to me, from Hakam, from Tawus, from Ibn Abbas, as mentioned.Ibn Hajar said in Talkhis, "This is connected, but Masudi's memory became confused later in life, and Baqiya bin Walid alone narrated it as connected from him. Hasan bin Umara also narrated it from Hakam, but Hasan is daif." End of quote.Bazzar said, "The reliable memorizers only narrate it from Hakam, from Tawus, as a disconnected report, mursal. No one corroborated Baqiya on this. Hasan bin Umara also narrated it from Hakam, from Tawus, from Ibn Abbas, but Hasan's hadith cannot be relied upon when he narrates it alone."In summary, on this subject there is no disagreement among scholars that the established practice regarding zakat on cattle follows what is found in this hadith of Muaz, and that it represents the threshold agreed upon unanimously. This refutes Ibn Jareer Tabari, who claimed there was a certain, decisive consensus that the rate is one cow for every fifty cattle. No such ruling, whether in a sahih or even a daif hadith, states one cow for every fifty. Rather, what is sahih and undisputed is that the rate is a two-year-old for every forty, and a yearling for every thirty, as found in this hadith of Muaz bin Jabal, and it must be followed.His saying "tabee" refers to an animal that has entered its second year, called tabee because it has been weaned from its mother and therefore follows her, yatbauha. His saying "musinnah" refers to an animal that has entered its third year, though some say the fourth.As for the gaps between thresholds in cattle, awqas, it was reported from Muaz bin Jabal that he said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me no instructions regarding the awqas of cattle," but this is a disconnected report, mursal. It was reported by Imam Ahmad (22010) and Tabarani in Kabir (20/348), both through the hadith of Hammad bin Zayd, who said, Amr bin Dinar narrated to us, from Tawus, from Muaz bin Jabal, as mentioned. Tawus never met Muaz, as noted in Marasil by Ibn Abu Hatim (99). For this reason, Abu Dawud recorded it in Marasil (107) through another route from Tawus, who said, "Muaz came to Yemen," and mentioned the report, adding, "and honey."As for what Daraqutni reported (2/94) through the route of Tawus, from Ibn Abbas, who said, "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Muaz to Yemen," and mentioned the report, this contains Hasan bin Umara, who is very daif.The waqas in zakat refers to the amount falling between two thresholds.