Jami` at-Tirmidhi 621

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Ziyad ibn Ayyub al-Baghdadi, Ibrahim ibn Abdullah al-Harawi, and Muhammad ibn Kamil al-Marwazi told us, with one meaning, all saying: Abbad ibn al-Awwam told us, from Sufyan ibn Husayn, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, wrote down the rules of charity but did not send the document to his collectors before he died. He kept it with his sword. After his death, Abu Bakr followed it until he died, and Umar followed it until he died. It stated: “For every five camels, one sheep is due; for ten, two sheep; for fifteen, three sheep; for twenty, four sheep. For twenty-five through thirty-five, one one-year-old she-camel; above that through forty-five, one two-year-old she-camel; above that through sixty, one three-year-old she-camel; above that through seventy-five, one four-year-old she-camel; above that through ninety, two two-year-old she-camels; above that through one hundred and twenty, two three-year-old she-camels. Above one hundred and twenty, for every fifty camels one three-year-old she-camel is due, and for every forty one two-year-old she-camel. For sheep, one is due for every forty through one hundred and twenty. Above that, two are due through two hundred; above that, three are due through three hundred. Above three hundred sheep, one is due for every hundred. Nothing further is due until the flock reaches four hundred. Do not combine separate herds or separate a combined herd to avoid paying charity. When two partners share livestock, they settle the amount between themselves equally. An old animal or one with a defect is not to be taken as charity.” Al-Zuhri said: When the charity collector arrives, he divides the sheep into three groups: the best, the middle, and the worst, and takes from the middle group. Al-Zuhri did not mention cattle. Reports on this subject are also related from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, Bahz ibn Hakim from his father from his grandfather, Abu Dharr, and Anas. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Ibn Umar is hasan. Most jurists acted upon it. Yunus ibn Yazid and more than one other narrator transmitted this hadith from al-Zuhri, from Salim, without attributing it to the Prophet; only Sufyan ibn Husayn attributed it to him.