قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَقَدْ فَرَّقَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ بَيْنَ الْقِطْنِيَّةِ وَالْحِنْطَةِ فِيمَا أُخِذَ مِنَ النَّبَطِ. وَرَأَى أَنَّ الْقِطْنِيَّةَ كُلَّهَا صِنْفٌ وَاحِدٌ. فَأَخَذَ مِنْهَا الْعُشْرَ ، وَأَخَذَ مِنَ الْحِنْطَةِ وَالزَّبِيبِ نِصْفَ الْعُشْرِ
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: Sayyiduna Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, made a distinction between wheat and qutniyyah when he collected the produce from the Christian Nabateans. He considered qutniyyah as one category and took one-tenth from it, and from wheat and grapes he took one-twentieth.