Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1814

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Mishkat al-Masabih 1814
Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ طَاوُسٍ أَنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ أَتَى بِوَقَصِ الْبَقَرِ فَقَالَ: لَمْ يَأْمُرْنِي فِيهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِشَيْءٍ. رَوَاهُ الدَّارَقُطْنِيُّ وَالشَّافِعِيُّ وَقَالَ: الْوَقَصُ مَا لَمْ يَبْلُغِ الْفَرِيضَةَ

Translation

Tawus said: Some waqs of cattle were brought to Muadh ibn Jabal, and he said, ‘The Prophet ﷺ gave me no instruction about them.’ Al-Daraqutni and al-Shafii transmitted it. Al-Shafii said: ‘Al-waqs is that which has not reached the prescribed threshold.’

Translation notes

  • Al-waqs is an interval or quantity below the threshold at which the prescribed alms become due; the Arabic source gives al-Shafii’s definition, but not the English witness’s further note about odd numbers of animals.