Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1796
وَعَن أنس بن مَالك: أَن أَبَا بكر رَضِي الله عَنهُ كَتَبَ لَهُ هَذَا الْكِتَابَ لَمَّا وَجَّهَهُ إِلَى الْبَحْرِينِ: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَذِهِ فَرِيضَةُ الصَّدَقَةِ الَّتِي فَرَضَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالَّتِي أَمَرَ اللَّهُ عز وَجل بهَا رَسُوله فَمن سَأَلَهَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا فَلْيُعْطِهَا وَمَنْ سُئِلَ فَوْقَهَا فَلَا يُعْطِ: فِي أَرْبَعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الْإِبِل فَمَا دونهَا خَمْسٍ شَاةٌ. فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ إِلَى خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ فَفِيهَا بِنْتُ مَخَاضٍ أُنْثَى فَإِذَا بلغت سِتا وَثَلَاثِينَ فَفِيهَا بنت لبون أُنْثَى. فَإِذا بلغت سِتَّة وَأَرْبَعين إِلَى سِتِّينَ فَفِيهَا حِقَّةٌ طَرُوقَةُ الْجَمَلِ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ وَاحِدَةً وَسِتِّينَ فَفِيهَا جَذَعَة. فَإِذا بلغت سِتا وَسبعين فَفِيهَا بِنْتَا لَبُونٍ. فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ إِحْدَى وَتِسْعِينَ إِلَى عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةٍ فَفِيهَا حِقَّتَانِ طَرُوقَتَا الْجَمَلِ. فَإِذَا زَادَتْ عَلَى عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةٍ فَفِي كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ بِنْتُ لَبُونٍ وَفِي كُلِّ خَمْسِينَ حِقَّةٌ. وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُ إِلَّا أَرْبَعٌ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ فَلَيْسَ فِيهَا صَدَقَةٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ رَبُّهَا. فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ خَمْسًا فَفِيهَا شَاةٌ وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ عِنْدَهُ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ صَدَقَةَ الْجَذَعَةِ وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْده جَذَعَة وَعِنْده حقة فَإِنَّهَا تقبل مِنْهُ الْحِقَّةُ وَيُجْعَلُ مَعَهَا شَاتَيْنِ إِنِ اسْتَيْسَرَتَا لَهُ أَوْ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا. وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ عِنْدَهُ صَدَقَةَ الْحِقَّةِ وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ الْحِقَّةُ وَعِنْدَهُ الْجَذَعَةُ فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ الْجَذَعَةُ وَيُعْطِيهِ الْمُصَدِّقُ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا أَوْ شَاتَيْنِ. وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ عِنْدَهُ صَدَقَةَ الْحِقَّةِ وَلَيْسَت إِلَّا عِنْده بِنْتُ لَبُونٍ فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ بِنْتُ لَبُونٍ وَيُعْطِي مَعهَا شَاتَيْنِ أَوْ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا. وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ صَدَقَتُهُ بنت لبون وَعِنْده حقة فَإِنَّهَا تقبل مِنْهُ الْحِقَّةُ وَيُعْطِيهِ الْمُصَدِّقُ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا أَوْ شَاتَيْنِ. وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ صَدَقَتُهُ بَنْتَ لِبَوْنٍ وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ وَعِنْدَهُ بِنْتُ مَخَاضٍ فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ بِنْتُ مَخَاضٍ وَيُعْطَى مَعَهَا عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا أَوْ شَاتَيْنِ. وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ صَدَقَتُهُ بَنْتَ مَخَاضٍ وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ وَعِنْدَهُ بِنْتُ لَبُونٍ فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ وَيُعْطِيهِ الْمُصَدِّقُ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا أَوْ شَاتَيْنِ. فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ بِنْتُ مَخَاضٍ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا وَعِنْدَهُ ابْن لَبُونٍ فَإِنَّهُ يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُ شَيْءٌ. وَفِي صَدَقَةِ الْغَنَمِ فِي سَائِمَتِهَا إِذَا كَانَتْ أَرْبَعِينَ فَفِيهَا شَاة إِلَى عشْرين وَمِائَة شَاة فَإِن زَادَتْ عَلَى عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةٍ إِلَى مِائَتَيْنِ فَفِيهَا شَاتَان. فَإِن زَادَتْ عَلَى مِائَتَيْنِ إِلَى ثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ فَفِيهَا ثَلَاثُ شِيَاهٍ. فَإِذَا زَادَتْ عَلَى ثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ فَفِي كُلِّ مِائَةٍ شَاةٌ. فَإِذَا كَانَتْ سَائِمَةُ الرَّجُلِ نَاقِصَةً مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ شَاةً وَاحِدَةً فَلَيْسَ فِيهَا صَدَقَةٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ رَبُّهَا. وَلَا تُخْرَجَ فِي الصَّدَقَة هرمة وَلَا ذَات عور وَلَا تَيْسٌ إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ الْمُصَدِّقُ. وَلَا يجمع بَين متفرق وَلَا يفرق بَين مُجْتَمع خَشْيَةَ الصَّدَقَةِ وَمَا كَانَ مِنْ خَلِيطَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَتَرَاجَعَانِ بَيْنَهُمَا بِالسَّوِيَّةِ. وَفِي الرِّقَةِ رُبُعُ الْعُشْرِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ إِلَّا تِسْعِينَ وَمِائَةً فَلَيْسَ فِيهَا شَيْءٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ رَبُّهَا. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ
Anas ibn Malik said: When Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, sent him to Bahrain, he wrote this document for him: ‘In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. This is the obligatory alms which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prescribed for the Muslims, and which Allah, Mighty and Majestic, commanded His Messenger to prescribe. Whoever among the Muslims is asked for it according to its due measure must give it; whoever is asked for more must not give it. For twenty-four camels or fewer, one sheep is due for every five. When they reach twenty-five to thirty-five, a female bint makhad is due; when they reach thirty-six, a female bint labun is due; when they reach forty-six to sixty, a hiqqa ready to be covered by a camel stallion is due; when they reach sixty-one, a jadhaʿa is due; when they reach seventy-six, two bint labun are due; and when they reach ninety-one to one hundred and twenty, two hiqqas ready to be covered by a camel stallion are due. When they exceed one hundred and twenty, a bint labun is due for every forty, and a hiqqa for every fifty. Whoever has only four camels owes no alms on them, unless their owner wishes to give something. Once they reach five, one sheep is due. If a person owes a jadhaʿa but does not have one and has a hiqqa, the hiqqa is accepted from him, together with two sheep if readily available to him, or twenty dirhams. If a person owes a hiqqa but does not have one and has a jadhaʿa, the jadhaʿa is accepted from him, and the collector gives him twenty dirhams or two sheep. If a person owes a hiqqa and has only a bint labun, the bint labun is accepted from him, and he gives two sheep or twenty dirhams with it. If a person owes a bint labun and has a hiqqa, the hiqqa is accepted from him, and the collector gives him twenty dirhams or two sheep. If a person owes a bint labun but does not have one and has a bint makhad, the bint makhad is accepted from him, together with twenty dirhams or two sheep. If a person owes a bint makhad but does not have one and has a bint labun, it is accepted from him, and the collector gives him twenty dirhams or two sheep. If he does not have a bint makhad as required, but has a male ibn labun, it is accepted from him with nothing additional. Concerning the alms on grazing sheep: when they number forty, one sheep is due, up to one hundred and twenty sheep. If they exceed one hundred and twenty up to two hundred, two sheep are due. If they exceed two hundred up to three hundred, three sheep are due. If they exceed three hundred, one sheep is due for every hundred. If a person’s grazing flock is short of forty by even one sheep, no alms are due on it unless its owner wishes. No old animal, one-eyed animal, or male goat is to be given as alms, except at the collector’s discretion. Separate flocks are not to be combined, nor a gathered flock divided, for fear of the alms. Whatever is jointly owned by two partners, they are to settle between themselves equitably. On silver, one fortieth is due. If a person has only one hundred and ninety, nothing is due unless its owner wishes.’ Al-Bukhari transmitted it.
Translation notes
Animal age categories are retained by their Arabic names: bint makhad (female in its second year), bint labun (female in its third), hiqqa (female in its fourth), and jadhaʿa (female in its fifth). The Arabic uses threshold ranges and exchange adjustments as given above; it does not supply modern unit equivalents for wasq or dirham here. The English witness adds an explanatory footnote about the anti-manipulation rule for combining or splitting flocks; that explanation is not included in the Arabic passage.