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Bayhaqi 7311 — The choicest of people's wealth is not taken

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ، قَالَ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْكَارِزِيُّ، ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ: " يَقُولُ: لَا تَأْخُذْ خِيَارَ أَمْوَالِهِمْ خُذِ الشَّارِفَ، وَهِيَ الْمُسِنَّةُ الْهَرِمَةُ، وَالْبِكْرَ وَهُوَ الصَّغِيرُ مِنْ ذُكُورِ الْإِبِلِ وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَوْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُؤْخَذَ النَّاسُ بِالشَّرَائِعِ " قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: الْحَدِيثُ مُرْسَلٌ وَقَدْ يُتَصَوَّرُ عِنْدَنَا أَخْذُ الذُّكُورِ وَالصِّغَارِ وَالْمَعِيبَةِ، إِذَا كَانَتْ مَاشِيَتُهُ كُلُّهَا كَذَلِكَ.
Abu Ubayd (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Do not take from their choicest wealth; rather accept the old one, and the bakr, that is, a young camel." And this was at the beginning of Islam, before people had learned the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This hadith is mursal. In our view, it is conceivable that when all the livestock are defective and male, the male, the young and the defective may be taken.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7311
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