Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunaif (may Allah be pleased with him), in the explanation of Allah Almighty’s statement « وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنفِقُونَ » [ سورة البقرة : 267 ], says that these are the Ja‘rur and Habeeq types of dates. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade accepting them as Zakat.