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Zād al-MaʿādIbn al-Qayyim

an equal number of apes and swine. Yet my hatred of you and my love for him will not lead me to treat you unjustly.” They replied: “It is by this that the heavens and the earth stand” (1).

It was not his practice to collect zakat on horses, nor (2) slaves, mules, donkeys, vegetables, melon and cucumber crops, or fruits that are neither measured by volume nor stored (3), except grapes and fresh dates. He collected zakat on these as a whole, making no distinction between what had dried and what had not.

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Reports differ concerning his practice regarding honey. Abū Dāwūd (4) related a report from ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: Hilāl, a man of Banū Mutʿān, came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, with tithes of honey from his bees. He had asked him to reserve a valley called Salabah for him, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, reserved that valley for him. When ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb assumed office, Sufyān ibn Wahb wrote to him asking about this. ʿUmar wrote back to him (5): “If he pays you the tithes from his bees that he used to pay to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, then reserve Salabah for him. Otherwise, these are merely bees sustained by the rain, and anyone who wishes may eat their honey.” And in

(1) Reported by Mālik (2050), from Ibn Shihāb, from Sulaymān ibn Yasār, as a mursal report. Abū Dāwūd (3410) and Ibn Mājah (1820) reported a similar narration from Ibn ‘Abbās, with a sound chain. (2) Lā (“nor”) is omitted from the printed edition. (3) The printed edition reads: wa-lā tuddakhar (“nor stored”), contrary to the manuscripts. The negation is implicit because this verb is conjoined to a verb negated by lā (“not”). (4) Nos. 1600–1602. The chain as far as ‘Amr ibn Shu‘ayb is hasan (good). (5) Ilayhi (“to him”) is absent from the printed edition.

عِدَّتكم من القِرَدة والخنازير، ولا يَحمِلُني بُغضي لكم وحُبِّي إيَّاه أن لا أَعدِلَ عليكم»، فقالوا: بهذا قامت السماوات والأرض (١). ولم يكن من هديه أخذ الزكاة من الخيل، ولا (٢) الرقيق، ولا البِغال، ولا الحمير، ولا الخضراوات، ولا المباطخ، والمَقَاثي، والفواكه التي لا تُكال وتُدَّخَر (٣) إلا العنب والرُّطَب، فإنه كان يأخذ الزكاة منه جملةً، ولم يفرِّق بين ما يَبِسَ منه وما لم يَيْبَسْ. فصل واختُلِف عنه في العسل، فروى أبو داود (٤) من حديث عمرو بن شعيب عن أبيه عن جدّه قال: جاء هلال أحد بني مُتْعَان إلى رسول الله ﷺ بعُشُور نَحْلٍ له، وكان سأله أن يحمي واديًا يقال له سَلَبَة، فحمى له رسول الله ﷺ ذلك الوادي، فلما ولي عمر بن الخطاب كتب إليه سفيان بن وهب يسأله عن ذلك، فكتب إليه (٥) عمر: «إن أدَّى إليك ما كان يؤدِّي إلى رسول الله ﷺ من عُشُورِ نحله فَاحْمِ له سَلَبة، وإلا فإنما هو ذُبابُ غيثٍ يأكله من يشاء». وفي

(١) أخرجه مالك (٢٠٥٠) عن ابن شهاب عن سليمان بن يسار مرسلًا، وأخرج بنحوه أبو داود (٣٤١٠) وابن ماجه (١٨٢٠) من حديث ابن عباس، وإسناده صحيح. (٢) «لا» ساقطة من المطبوع. (٣) في المطبوع: «ولا تدخر» خلاف النسخ. والنفي مفهوم من كونه معطوفًا على الفعل المنفي بلا. (٤) برقم (١٦٠٠ - ١٦٠٢)، والإسناد إلى عمرو بن شعيب حسن. (٥) «إليه» ليست في المطبوع.