Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2457
أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ، عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ، عَنْ مَيْسَرَةَ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ، قَالَ أَتَانَا مُصَدِّقُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ " إِنَّ فِي عَهْدِي أَنْ لاَ نَأْخُذَ رَاضِعَ لَبَنٍ وَلاَ نَجْمَعَ بَيْنَ مُتَفَرِّقٍ وَلاَ نُفَرِّقَ بَيْنَ مُجْتَمِعٍ " . فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِنَاقَةٍ كَوْمَاءَ فَقَالَ " خُذْهَا " . فَأَبَى
Hannad ibn al-Sari reported from Hushaym, from Hilal ibn Khabbab, from Maysarah Abu Salih, from Suwayd ibn Ghafalah, who said: The Prophet zakah collector came to us, so I went to him and sat with him. I heard him say: My instructions are that we do not take a nursing animal, nor combine what is separate, nor divide what is combined. A man came to him with a large-humped she-camel. He said: Take it. But he refused.
Translation notes
The source excerpt ends after he refused and does not resolve the referents in this exchange; the question is marked for human review.
فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِنَاقَةٍ كَوْمَاءَ فَقَالَ " خُذْهَا " .
The pronouns in the final exchange may refer to the collector or to the man who brought the camel; the source block ends immediately after he refused.
Who says take it, and who refuses in the final exchange?