Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1805

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Mishkat al-Masabih 1805
Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ حَدَّثَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ: «إِذَا خَرَصْتُمْ فَخُذُوا وَدَعُوا الثُّلُثَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَدَعُوا الثُّلُثَ فَدَعُوا الرُّبُعَ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَأَبُو دَاوُد وَالنَّسَائِيّ

Translation

Sahl ibn Abi Hathma related that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: ‘When you estimate the crop, take and leave a third; if you do not leave a third, then leave a quarter.’ Al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, and al-Nasa’i transmitted it.

Translation notes

  • The English witness supplies an interpretation of the instruction to leave a third or quarter out of the assessment; this explanation is not explicit in the Arabic wording.