Mustadrak al-Hakim — Hadith 1459

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) states that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had a document written containing the rulings of zakah, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away before he could send it to his agents (governors). He (peace and blessings be upon him) had kept it together with his sword. Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) acted according to it until his death, and then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) also acted upon it. In it was written: For five camels one sheep is due, for ten two, for fifteen three, and for twenty four sheep. From twenty-five to thirty-five camels, a one-year-old she-camel (bint makhad); if they increase by even one, then from thirty-six to forty-five, a two-year-old she-camel (bint labun); if they increase by one, then from forty-six to sixty, a three-year-old she-camel (hiqqah); if they increase by one, then from sixty-one to seventy-five, a four-year-old she-camel (jadha'ah); if they increase by one, then from seventy-six to ninety, two two-year-old she-camels (bint labun); if they increase by one, then from ninety-one to one hundred and twenty, two three-year-old she-camels (hiqqah). When there are more than that, one hiqqah is due for every fifty and one bint labun for every forty. For sheep, from forty to one hundred and twenty, one sheep; from one hundred and twenty-one to two hundred, two sheep; from two hundred and one to three hundred, three sheep; and when there are more than that, one sheep for every hundred. For fear of zakah, separate animals are not to be gathered together, nor are animals kept together to be separated, and partners will divide (the liability) between themselves equally. An old or defective animal will not be taken in zakah. Al-Zuhri says: When the zakah collector comes, the sheep are to be divided into three parts: one part inferior, one part the best and one part average; then the collector takes the zakah from the average part.
Al-Zuhri did not mention cattle in it. This is a great hadith in this chapter, supporting the many rulings found in the narration of Thumamah from Sayyiduna Anas; however, the two Shaykhs did not take the narrations of Sufyan bin Husayn al-Wasiti in their two books, even though Sufyan bin Husayn is one of the imams of hadith. Yahya bin Ma'in declared him reliable. He came to Khurasan with Yazid bin al-Muhallab and also came to Nishapur, where a group of our shaykhs from al-Quhandiz heard from him, such as Mubashshir bin Abdullah bin Razin, his brother Umar bin Abdullah, and others. And the narration of Abdullah bin al-Mubarak from Yunus bin Yazid from al-Zuhri establishes it as authentic on the condition of the two Shaykhs; even though there is a slight irsal (break in the chain) in it, it is an authentic supporting narration (shahid) for the hadith of Sufyan bin Husayn: