Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1820
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ أَوْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي صُعَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «صَاعٌ مِنْ بُرٍّ أَوْ قَمْحٍ عَنْ كُلِّ اثْنَيْنِ صَغِيرٍ أَوْ كَبِيرٍ حُرٍّ أَوْ عَبْدٍ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى. أَمَّا غَنِيُّكُمْ فَيُزَكِّيهِ اللَّهُ. وَأَمَّا فَقِيرُكُمْ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ أَكْثَرَ مَا أعطَاهُ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Abdullah ibn Thaʿlaba—or Thaʿlaba ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Suʿayr, from his father—reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘One saʿ of wheat (burr or qamh) is due for every two, young or old, free or enslaved, male or female. As for the wealthy among you, Allah will purify him; and as for the poor among you, He will return to him more than he gave.’ Abu Dawud transmitted it.
Translation notes
The Arabic itself gives two alternative forms of the narrator’s name and two alternative words for wheat; the English witness supplies further biographical discussion that is not present in the source.