Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2451
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ عُبَيْدٍ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، وَالأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالاَ قَالَ مُعَاذٌ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ آخُذَ مِنْ كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ بَقَرَةً ثَنِيَّةً وَمِنْ كُلِّ ثَلاَثِينَ تَبِيعًا وَمِنْ كُلِّ حَالِمٍ دِينَارًا أَوْ عِدْلَهُ مَعَافِرَ .
Ahmad ibn Sulayman reported: Ya la—he is Ibn Ubayd—narrated to us: Al-Amash narrated to us, from Shaqiq, from Masruq; and al-Amash, from Ibrahim. They both said: Muadh said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen and instructed me to take from every forty cows one thanniyya, from every thirty one tabee, and from every person who had reached puberty one dinar or its equivalent in Ma afiri garments.
Translation notes
The Arabic gives two routes through al-Amash: one from Shaqiq and Masruq, the other from Ibrahim. The livestock terms thanniyya and tabee are retained because age terminology is technical.