صحيح ابن خزيمه
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب صدقة الحبوب والثمارChapters on Zakat of Grains and Fruits
(55) بَابُ ذِكْرِ صَدَقَةِ الْعَسَلِ إِنْ صَحَّ الْخَبَرُ؛ فَإِنَّ فِي الْقَلْبِ مِنْ هَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ55| Chapter on zakat on honey if the report is authentic, though there is doubt about the chain
Hadith 2324
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ . ح وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ مُرَّةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ ، أَنَّ بَنِي شَبَابَةَ بَطْنٌ مِنْ فَهْمٍ ، كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ عَسَلٍ لَهُمُ الْعُشْرَ ، مِنْ كُلِّ عَشْرِ قِرَبٍ قِرْبَةٌ ، وَكَانَ يَحْمِي لَهُمْ وَادِيَيْنِ ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ، اسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُفْيَانَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الثَّقَفِيَّ ، فَأَبَوْا أَنْ يُؤَدُّوا إِلَيْهِ شَيْئًا ، وَقَالُوا: إِنَّمَا ذَاكَ شَيْءٌ كُنَّا نُؤَدِّيهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَكَتَبَ سُفْيَانُ إِلَى عُمَرَ بِذَلِكَ ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِمْ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِي اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ: " إِنَّمَا النَّحْلُ ذُبَابُ غَيْثٍ يَسُوقُهُ اللَّهُ رِزْقًا إِلَى مَنْ يَشَاءُ ، فَإِنْ أَدُّوا إِلَيْكَ مَا كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَاحْمِ لَهُمْ وَادِيَيْهُمْ ، وَإِلا فَخَلِّ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَبَيْنَهُمَا ، فَأَدُّوا إِلَيْهِ مَا كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَحَمَى لَهُمْ وَادِيَيْهِمْ " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amr bin Al-Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the people of Banu Shababa, a branch of the Fahm tribe, used to pay the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) one-tenth of their honey production. For every ten water skins, they would give one water skin, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had allotted them two valleys. Then, when the era of Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came, he appointed Sufyan bin Abdullah Thaqafi as their leader. They refused to pay zakat to Sufyan and said, "We used to pay this zakat only to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." So Sufyan wrote about this to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote back: "Indeed, bees of honey are like the bees of rain. Allah provides them as sustenance and directs them wherever He wills. Therefore, if these people pay you the same zakat that they used to pay to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then lease them their two valleys; otherwise, allow other people as well (to benefit from the grass and honey of those two valleys)." Thus, they paid Sufyan the same amount that they used to pay to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and Sufyan allotted their two valleys to them.
