Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2450
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُفَضَّلٌ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُهَلْهَلٍ - عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ مُعَاذٍ، . أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعَثَهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِنْ كُلِّ حَالِمٍ دِينَارًا أَوْ عِدْلَهُ مَعَافِرَ وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ مِنْ ثَلاَثِينَ تَبِيعًا أَوْ تَبِيعَةً وَمِنْ كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ مُسِنَّةً " .
Muhammad ibn Rafi reported: Yahya ibn Adam narrated to us: Mufaddal—he is Ibn Muhalhil—narrated to us, from al-Amash, from Shaqiq, from Masruq, from Muadh, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent him to Yemen and instructed him to take from every person who had reached puberty one dinar, or its equivalent in Ma afiri garments; from cattle, one male or female yearling calf for every thirty; and one musinnah for every forty.
Translation notes
The Arabic uses technical livestock categories tabee and tabeeah (male and female yearling calves) and musinnah (an older cow). Ma afir refers to garments associated with the Ma afir region.