Musa bin Talhah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: We had the document of Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had given him: "That he should collect zakah from wheat, barley, raisins and dates."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7474
Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) says that al-Hajjaj sent Musa bin al-Mughirah to collect zakah on vegetables. Musa bin Talhah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We have the document of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) which he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave to Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him); he (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded him: "That he should collect zakah only from wheat, barley, dates and raisins." Then he wrote this to al-Hajjaj, and he said: He is quite right.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7475
Ata' bin al-Sa'ib (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Musa bin al-Mughirah wanted to take zakah (the tithe) on the vegetables of Musa bin Talhah's (may Allah have mercy on him) land. He said: "There is no tithe on vegetables." He narrated this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and it was written to al-Hajjaj, and al-Hajjaj wrote back that Musa bin Talhah knows better than Musa bin al-Mughirah.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7476
Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On that (land) which the sky waters, or which is rain-fed, or watered by floods, there is a tithe; and on what is watered by drawing water, half a tithe. And this applies to dates, wheat and grains; as for cucumbers, melons, pomegranates and vegetables, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has exempted them."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7477
Yahya bin al-Mughirah relates from Ibn Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him): "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) exempted greens and vegetables from zakah."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7478
Khusayf relates from Mujahid: In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), zakah was taken only from five things: wheat, barley, dates, raisins and sorghum (dhurah).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7479
Amr bin Ubayd relates from al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "prescribed zakah only on ten things: camels, cattle, sheep and goats, gold, silver, wheat, barley, dates and raisins."
Ibn Uyaynah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I think he said: and sorghum (dhurah).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7480
Amr relates from al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "prescribed zakah only on ten things." Then he mentioned them, and among them he mentioned sult (a kind of barley) and did not mention sorghum (dhurah).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7481
Al-Ajlah (may Allah have mercy on him) relates from Imam al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote to the people of Yemen: "Zakah is only on wheat, barley, dates and raisins."
All of these hadiths are mursal, but they come through different routes, so some of them support others. Along with them is the narration of Abu Burdah from Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him), which has already passed in the chapter on date palms, and along with them is the statement of some of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7482
Asim bin Damrah relates from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that there is no zakah on green produce and vegetables.
It is reported from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Sunnah has been established on this: there is no zakah on the vegetables and the like that the earth grows.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7484