9/11. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1599 — Zakat from Each Wealth Type
Zakat On Agricultural Produce
Hadith About Taking Zakat from the Same Type of Wealth
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1599
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1599
حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ بِلاَلٍ - عَنْ شَرِيكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي نَمِرٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعَثَهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ " خُذِ الْحَبَّ مِنَ الْحَبِّ وَالشَّاةَ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ وَالْبَعِيرَ مِنَ الإِبِلِ وَالْبَقَرَةَ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ شَبَّرْتُ قِثَّاءَةً بِمِصْرَ ثَلاَثَةَ عَشَرَ شِبْرًا وَرَأَيْتُ أُتْرُجَّةً عَلَى بَعِيرٍ بِقِطْعَتَيْنِ قُطِعَتْ وَصُيِّرَتْ عَلَى مِثْلِ عِدْلَيْنِ .
Mu'adh bin Jabal Narrated from:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent him to the Yemen, he said (to him): Collect corn from the corn, sheep from the sheep, camel from the camels, and cow from the cows. Abu Dawud said: In Egypt I saw a cucumber thirteen spans in length and a citron cut into two pieces loaded on a camel like two loads.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1599In-book reference : Book 9, Hadith 44English translation : Book 9, Hadith 1595
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1599
This Hadith reports the instruction given to Mu'adh ibn Jabal when the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم sent him to Yemen. He told him to collect corn from corn, sheep from sheep, camels from camels, and cows from cows. The core topic is zakat collection by wealth type. The wording is simple and practical. It shows that the collected zakat should match the kind of property being assessed in the examples given. The Hadith about zakat types does not list every form of wealth. It mentions these categories clearly: grain, sheep, camels, and cows. Abu Dawud also added his own observation about large produce, but the prophetic instruction remains focused on taking from the same type.
What we learn from this hadith
- Corn is to be taken from corn in this instruction.
- Livestock examples are matched with their own kind.
- The Hadith gives practical guidance for zakat collection.
