Those who said: no zakah is due on honey

Tawus said: When Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Yemen, people brought him honey and the awqas of sheep (the numbers lying between two zakah thresholds; for example, when there are five camels the zakah is only one sheep, and nothing is added until they number ten, so the count from five to ten is called a waqs). He said: I have not been commanded anything regarding them (regarding collecting them).

Nafi' said: Umar bin Abd al-Aziz sent me to Yemen. I intended to take a tenth from honey, but al-Mughirah bin Hakim al-San'ani stopped me, saying that no tithe is due on it. I wrote to Umar bin Abd al-Aziz about the situation, and he said: He has spoken rightly; he is upright.

Nafi' said: Umar bin Abd al-Aziz asked me about the zakah of honey. I said: Al-Mughirah bin Hakim told me that nothing is due on it (no zakah). Umar bin Abd al-Aziz said: He is upright; he is to be believed.