He related to him that Abu Bakr wrote out for him the rules of zakat which Allah had commanded His Messenger ﷺ. Among them was that no aged animal, no defective animal, and no male goat should be given as zakat, unless the zakat collector chooses to accept it.
حدثنا محمد بن عبد الله قال حدثني أبي قال حدثني ثمامة أن
حدثه أن أبا بكر رضي الله عنه كتب له الصدقة التي أمر الله رسوله ﷺ ولا يخرج في الصدقة هرمة ولا ذات عوار ولا تيس إلا ما شاء المصدق