Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1819
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، وَالزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ التَّمَّارُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ عَتَّابِ بْنِ أَسِيدٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ كَانَ يَبْعَثُ عَلَى النَّاسِ مَنْ يَخْرُصُ عَلَيْهِمْ كُرُومَهُمْ وَثِمَارَهُمْ .
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Ibrahim al-Dimashqi and al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar narrated to us; they said: Ibn Nafi‘ narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Salih al-Tammar narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyab, from Attab ibn Asid, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to send someone to the people to estimate their vineyards and fruit crops.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The verb kharasa refers to estimating the crop; the source does not specify the method.