Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2444
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ جَدِّي، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " فِي كُلِّ إِبِلٍ سَائِمَةٍ فِي كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ ابْنَةُ لَبُونٍ لاَ يُفَرَّقُ إِبِلٌ عَنْ حِسَابِهَا مَنْ أَعْطَاهَا مُؤْتَجِرًا فَلَهُ أَجْرُهَا وَمَنْ أَبَى فَإِنَّا آخِذُوهَا وَشَطْرَ إِبِلِهِ عَزْمَةٌ مِنْ عَزَمَاتِ رَبِّنَا لاَ يَحِلُّ لآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْهَا شَىْءٌ " .
Amr ibn Ali reported: Yahya narrated to us: Bahz ibn Hakim narrated to us: My father informed me, from my grandfather, who said: I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: For every forty grazing camels there is a female camel in its second year. Camels are not to be separated from their calculation. Whoever gives it seeking reward will have its reward. Whoever refuses, we will take it and half his camels, as a binding duty among the duties of our Lord. Nothing of it is lawful for the family of Muhammad ﷺ.
Translation notes
A female camel in its second year (bint labun) is the specified zakah due. The technical clause about separating camels from their calculation is translated literally and marked for review.
قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " فِي كُلِّ إِبِلٍ سَائِمَةٍ فِي كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ ابْنَةُ لَبُونٍ لاَ يُفَرَّقُ إِبِلٌ عَنْ حِسَابِهَا مَنْ أَعْطَاهَا مُؤْتَجِرًا فَلَهُ أَجْرُهَا وَمَنْ أَبَى فَإِنَّا آخِذُوهَا وَشَطْرَ إِبِلِهِ عَزْمَةٌ مِنْ عَزَمَاتِ رَبِّنَا لاَ يَحِلُّ لآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْهَا شَىْءٌ " .
The phrase about not separating camels from their calculation is a technical zakah-accounting instruction whose precise application is not clear from this isolated wording.
Should this be rendered as a prohibition on splitting a herd for calculation, or is another technical sense intended?