السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الزكاة
Book of Zakah
باب: ما ورد في العسل
Reports on honey
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي أنبأ حَاجِبُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَرْحَمَ الطُّوسِيُّ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ صَدَقَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " الْعَسَلُ فِي كُلِّ عَشَرَةِ أَزْقَاقٍ زِقٌّ " تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ هَكَذَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ السَّمِينُ وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ قَدْ ضَعَّفَهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ وَغَيْرُهُمَا، وَقَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى التِّرْمِذِيُّ سَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْبُخَارِيَّ عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَقَالَ: هُوَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُرْسَلٌ.
Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) relates from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For honey, out of every ten skins, one skin."
Sadaqah bin Abdullah al-Samin alone narrated it in this form, and he is da'if (weak); Ahmad bin Hanbal, Yahya bin Ma'in and others declared him weak. Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi said: I asked Muhammad bin Isma'il al-Bukhari about this hadith and he said: It is from Nafi' from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), mursal.
Sadaqah bin Abdullah al-Samin alone narrated it in this form, and he is da'if (weak); Ahmad bin Hanbal, Yahya bin Ma'in and others declared him weak. Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi said: I asked Muhammad bin Isma'il al-Bukhari about this hadith and he said: It is from Nafi' from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), mursal.
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فُورَكٍ، أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ، ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ، ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَنْ أَبِي سَيَّارَةَ الْمُتُعِيِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ: إِنَّ لِي نَحْلًا. قَالَ: " أَدِّ الْعُشْرَ " قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ: احْمِ لِي جَبَلَهَا فَحَمَاهُ لِي وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ مَا رُوِيَ فِي وُجُوبِ الْعُشْرِ فِيهِ وَهُوَ مُنْقَطِعٌ. قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى التِّرْمِذِيُّ: سَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْبُخَارِيَّ عَنْ هَذَا فَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُرْسَلٌ، وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى لَمْ يُدْرِكْ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَلَيْسَ فِي زَكَاةِ الْعَسَلِ شَيْءٌ يَصِحُّ. قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ: وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَرَّرٍ مَتْرُوكُ الْحَدِيثِ يَعْنِي بِذَلِكَ تَضْعِيفَ رِوَايَتِهِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ مَرْفُوعًا فِي الْعَسَلِ.
Sayyiduna Abu Sayyarah al-Mut'i (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I have bees. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Pay the tithe on it." I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), reserve its mountain for me. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) reserved it for him.
This is the most authentic of what has been narrated on the obligation of the tithe on it, and it is munqati' (its chain is broken). Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi said: I asked Muhammad bin Isma'il al-Bukhari about it and he said: This is a mursal hadith; Sulayman bin Musa did not meet any of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and nothing on the zakah of honey is authentic.
Al-Bukhari said: Abdullah bin Muharrar is matruk al-hadith (abandoned in hadith), meaning by that a weakening of his narration from al-Zuhri, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, marfu', concerning honey.
This is the most authentic of what has been narrated on the obligation of the tithe on it, and it is munqati' (its chain is broken). Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi said: I asked Muhammad bin Isma'il al-Bukhari about it and he said: This is a mursal hadith; Sulayman bin Musa did not meet any of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and nothing on the zakah of honey is authentic.
Al-Bukhari said: Abdullah bin Muharrar is matruk al-hadith (abandoned in hadith), meaning by that a weakening of his narration from al-Zuhri, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, marfu', concerning honey.
أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ الزَّاهِدُ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ الدَّبَرِيُّ، أنبأ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَرَّرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: كَتَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ " أَنْ يُؤْخَذَ مِنَ الْعَسَلِ الْعُشْرُ ".
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote to the people of Yemen: "A tithe is to be collected from honey."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ، أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ، ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ، ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ أَعْيَنَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْمِصْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ: " جَاءَ هِلَالٌ أَحَدُ بَنِي مُتْعَانَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِعُشُورِ نَحْلٍ لَهُ وَسَأَلَهُ أَنْ يَحْمِيَ وَادِيًا يُقَالُ لَهُ سَلَبَةُ فَحَمَى لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَلِكَ الْوَادِيَ، فَلَمَّا تَوَلَّى عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ كَتَبَ سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ إِلَى عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، ⦗٢١٣⦘ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ أَدِّ إِلَيْكَ مَا كَانَ يُؤَدَّى إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ عُشُورِ نَحْلِهِ فَاحْمِ لَهُ سَلَبَةَ وَإِلَّا فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ ذُبَابُ غَيْثٍ يَأْكُلُهُ مَنْ شَاءَ ".
Amr bin Shu'ayb relates from his father, from his grandfather, that Hilal, one of the Banu Mut'an, came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with the tithe of his honey bees, and asked him to reserve a valley called Salabah for him, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reserved that valley for him. When Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) became caliph, Sufyan bin Wahb (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asking him about that. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to him: "If he pays you what he used to pay to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as the tithe of his bees, then reserve Salabah for him; otherwise they are merely rain-flies (wild bees), which anyone who wishes may eat (from)."
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ، أنبأ مُحَمَّدٌ، أنبأ أَبُو دَاوُدَ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ، ثنا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ شَبَابَةَ، بَطْنٌ مِنْ فَهْمٍ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ، وَقَالَ: مِنْ كُلِّ عَشْرِ قِرَبٍ قِرْبَةٌ. وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الثَّقَفِيُّ قَالَ: وَكَانَ يَحْمِي لَهُمْ وَادِيَيْنِ زَادَ فَأَدُّوا إِلَيْهِ مَا كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَحَمَى لَهُمْ وَادِيَيْهِمْ. وَرَوَاهُ أَيْضًا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَمْرٍو نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ.
Amr bin Shu'ayb relates from his father, from his grandfather (may Allah be pleased with them both), that Shababah, a clan of Fahm, (and he mentioned something similar), and he said: "From every ten skins, one skin." Sufyan bin Abdullah al-Thaqafi (may Allah be pleased with him) says that he used to reserve two valleys for them; so they paid him what they used to pay to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he reserved their two valleys for them.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، وَغَيْرُهُ قَالُوا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ، أنبأ أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ قَالَ: " قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَسْلَمْتُ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، اجْعَلْ لِقَوْمِي مَا أَسْلَمُوا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ، فَفَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاسْتَعْمَلَنِي عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ اسْتَعْمَلَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ " قَالَ: وَكَانَ سَعْدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ السُّرَاةِ. قَالَ: " فَكَلَّمْتُ قَوْمِي فِي الْعَسَلِ، فَقُلْتُ: لَهُمْ زَكَاةٌ فَإِنَّهُ لَا خَيْرَ فِي ثَمَرَةٍ لَا تُزَكَّى "، فَقَالُوا: كَمْ قَالَ؟ فَقُلْتُ: " الْعُشْرُ، فَأَخَذْتُ مِنْهُمُ الْعُشْرَ فَأَتَيْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا كَانَ قَالَ: فَقَبَضَهُ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ فَبَاعَهُ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ ثَمَنَهُ فِي صَدَقَاتِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ".
Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Dhubab (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and accepted Islam. Then I said: "O Messenger of Allah, write (a document) for those of my people who have accepted Islam concerning their properties." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote it and appointed me as governor over them. Then Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), and then Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), appointed me as governor. Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) was from the people of al-Sarat. He says: I spoke to my people about honey and said to them that there is zakah on it, for there is no good in produce on which zakah is not paid. They said: How much zakah? I said: "A tenth." So I collected the tithe from them, and I came to Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) and informed him of it. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) took it and sold it, and then put its price into the treasury of the Muslims.
وَأَخْبَرَنَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ، أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْمَكِّيُّ، ثنا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ، فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ، وَرَوَاهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، فِي الْعَسَلِ. وَرَوَاهُ الصَّلْتُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ عِيَاضٍ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ، عَنْ مُنِيرٍ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ، ⦗٢١٤⦘ وَكَذَلِكَ رَوَاهُ صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ، عَنْ مُنِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ..
Muhammad bin Abbad al-Makki (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Abu Damrah Anas bin Iyad (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated a similar hadith.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ الْمَالِينِيُّ، أنبأ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نَاجِيَةَ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، ثنا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى الزُّهْرِيُّ، ثنا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ، عَنْ مُنِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ، قَالَ لَنَا ابْنُ نَاجِيَةَ: كَذَا قَالَ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِمَعْنَاهُ. أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ الْمَالِينِيُّ، أَنْبَأَ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ حَمَّادٍ، يَقُولُ: قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ: عَبْدُ اللهِ وَالِدُ مُنِيرٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ لَمْ يَصِحَّ حَدِيثُهُ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أَنْبَأَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْإِسْفَرَايِينِيُّ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْبَرَاءُ قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ: مُنِيرٌ هَذَا لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ.
Al-Harith bin Abi Dhubab relates from Munir bin Abdullah, from his father, from Sa'd bin Abi Dhubab (may Allah be pleased with him). Ibn Najiyah said to us: This is how he said it; and he mentioned the hadith with its meaning.
Al-Bukhari said: Abdullah, the father of Munir, from Sa'd bin Abi Dhubab, his hadith is not authentic. And Ali bin al-Madini said about this hadith: This Munir, we do not know him except in this hadith.
Al-Bukhari said: Abdullah, the father of Munir, from Sa'd bin Abi Dhubab, his hadith is not authentic. And Ali bin al-Madini said about this hadith: This Munir, we do not know him except in this hadith.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْخَطِيبُ ثنا أَبُو بَحْرٍ الْبَرْبَهَارِيُّ، ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى، ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ، ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ مُعَاذَ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ أَتَى بِوَقْصِ الْبَقَرِ وَالْعَسَلِ حِسْبَتَهُ فَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: " كِلَاهُمَا لَمْ يَأْمُرْنِي فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِشَيْءٍ ".
Tawus relates that Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) was brought the waqs of cattle (the numbers between two zakah thresholds) and, I think, honey. Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Regarding neither of them did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) command me anything."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ، أنبأ مَالِكٌ، عَنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَ: جَاءَ كِتَابٌ مِنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ إِلَى أَبِي وَهُوَ بِمِنًى أَنْ " لَا تَأْخُذْ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ وَلَا مِنَ الْعَسَلِ صَدَقَةً " قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: وَسَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ يَحْكِي مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَأْمُرْهُ بِأَخْذِ الصَّدَقَةِ مِنَ الْعَسَلِ وَأنَّهُ شَيْءٌ رَآهُ فَتَطَوَّعَ لَهُ بِهِ أَهْلُهُ. قَالَ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ: قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الشَّافِعِيُّ: الْحَدِيثُ فِي أَنَّ فِي الْعَسَلِ الْعُشْرَ ضَعِيفٌ وَفِي أَنْ لَا يُؤْخَذَ مِنْهُ الْعُشْرُ ضَعِيفٌ، إِلَّا عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَاخْتِيَارِي أنَّهُ لَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهُ لِأَنَّ السُّنَنَ وَالْآثَارَ ثَابِتَةٌ فِيمَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهُ وَلَيْسَتْ فِيهِ ثَابِتَةٌ فَكَأنَّهُ عَفْوٌ.
Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) relates from Abdullah bin Abi Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) that a letter came from Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) to my father while he was at Mina, (saying) that zakah is not to be taken from horses or from honey.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Sa'd bin Abi Dhubab (may Allah be pleased with him) relates what indicates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not command him to collect zakah from honey, and that it was something he himself saw fit, and his people gave it to him voluntarily. Al-Za'farani says that Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The hadith that "there is a tithe on honey" is weak, and the one that "the tithe is not to be taken from it" is (also) weak, except from Umar bin Abd al-Aziz. My choice is that it is not taken from it, because the Sunnahs and reports are established regarding what it is taken from, and they are not established regarding it, so it is as though it is exempted.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Sa'd bin Abi Dhubab (may Allah be pleased with him) relates what indicates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not command him to collect zakah from honey, and that it was something he himself saw fit, and his people gave it to him voluntarily. Al-Za'farani says that Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The hadith that "there is a tithe on honey" is weak, and the one that "the tithe is not to be taken from it" is (also) weak, except from Umar bin Abd al-Aziz. My choice is that it is not taken from it, because the Sunnahs and reports are established regarding what it is taken from, and they are not established regarding it, so it is as though it is exempted.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَصَمُّ، ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، ثنا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: " لَيْسَ فِي الْعَسَلِ زَكَاةٌ ". قَالَ يَحْيَى: وَسُئِلَ حَسَنُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ الْعَسَلِ فَلَمْ يَرَ فِيهِ شَيْئًا.
Ja'far bin Muhammad relates from his father, from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), that he said: There is no zakah on honey.
وَذُكِرَ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ أنَّهُ " لَمْ يَأْخُذْ مِنَ الْعَسَلِ شَيْئًا " أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الَأُرْدِسْتَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو نَصْرٍ الْعِرَاقِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ قَالَ: بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُعَاذًا إِلَى الْيَمَنِ وَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ.
It is reported of Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that he did not take anything from honey. Ibrahim bin Maysarah (may Allah have mercy on him) relates from Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) to the people of Yemen, and he narrated the hadith similarly.
