عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ أَنَّ عَلْقَمَةَ اسْتَعْمَلَ أَبَاهُ عَلَى عِرَافَةِ قَوْمِهِ، قَالَ مُسْلِمٌ: فَبَعَثَنِي أَبِي إِلَى مَصْدَقَتِهِ فِي طَائِفَةٍ مِنْ قَوْمِي، قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى آتِي شَيْخًا، يُقَالُ لَهُ سَعْرٌ، فِي شِعْبٍ مِنَ الشِّعَابِ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ أَبِي بَعَثَنِي إِلَيْكَ لِتُعْطِيَنِي صَدَقَةَ غَنَمِكَ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّ ابْنَ أَخِي وَأَيَّ نَحْوٍ تَأْخُذُونَ؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَأْخُذُ أَفْضَلَ مَا نَجِدَ، فَقَالَ الشَّيْخُ إِنِّي لَفِي شُعَيْبٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الشِّعَابِ فِي غَنَمٍ لِي إِذْ جَاءَنِي رَجُلَانِ مُرْتَدِفَانِ بَعِيرٍ فَقَالَا: إِنَّا رَسُولَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَنَا إِلَيْكَ لِتُؤْتِيَنَا صَدَقَةَ غَنَمِكَ، قُلْتُ: وَمَا هِيَ؟ قَالَا: شَاةٌ، فَعَمَدْتُ إِلَى شَاةٍ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ مَكَانَهَا مُمْتَلِئَةً مَخْضًا وَشَحْمًا، فَأَخْرَجْتُهَا إِلَيْهِمَا، فَقَالَا: هَذِهِ شَافِعٌ، وَقَدْ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ نَأْخُذَ شَافِعًا وَالشَّافِعُ الَّتِي فِي بَطْنِهَا وَلَدُهَا، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: فَأَيَّ شَيْءٍ تَأْخُذَانِ؟ قَالَا: عَنَاقًا، أَوْ جَذَعَةً أَوْ ثَنِيَّةً، قَالَ فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمَا عَنَاقًا، قَالَ: فَقَالَا: ادْفَعْهَا إِلَيْنَا فَتَنَاوَلَاهَا وَجَعَلَاهَا مَعَهُمَا عَلَى بَعِيرِهِمَا
Muslim bin Shu’bah says: Alqamah appointed his father (Shu’bah) as the official over their people, then his father sent him to collect zakat from a part of their people. He reached an elder, who was called Si’r, and he resided in a mountain pass. I said to him: My father has sent me to you so that you may hand over the zakat of your goats to me. He said: Nephew! What kind of animal will you accept as zakat? I said: We will take the best and most excellent animal. Then he said: I was residing in one of these mountain passes when two camel riders came to me and said: We are the representatives of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He has sent us to you so that you may hand over the zakat of your goats to us. I asked: How much zakat? They said: One goat. I brought out a goat full of milk and fat, but they said: This one is pregnant, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, has forbidden us from taking such an animal. I said: Then what kind of goat will you take? They said: Give us an ‘anaaq, or a jadh’ah, or a thaniyyah. When I brought out an ‘anaaq goat, they said: Give us this one. So they took it, placed it on their camel, and left.