It is also reported from him: “One sā‘ (1) of flour” (2), and: “Half a sā‘ of wheat” (3).
The well-known account is that ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb substituted half a sā‘ of wheat (4) for one sā‘ of these foods. Abū Dāwūd mentions this (5). The two Sahīh collections (6), however, state that it was Mu‘āwiyah who made this valuation.
There are reports from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, on this matter, with both disconnected and connected chains of transmission, which strengthen one another.
Among them is the hadith (7) narrated by Tha‘labah ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Abī Su‘ayr from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
“One sā‘ of wheat (burr or qamh) is due for every two people.”
This was reported by Imam Ahmad
(1) The printed edition reads: “or one sā‘.”
(2) Reported by Abū Dāwūd (1618) and al-Nasā’ī in al-Mujtabā (2514) and al-Kubrā (2305), from Abū Sa‘īd through Ibn ‘Uyayna. Abū Dāwūd said: “Hāmid (ibn Yahyā al-Balkhī, the trustworthy hadith master and teacher of Abū Dāwūd) said: ‘They objected to his wording, so Sufyān omitted it.’” He then said: “This addition is an error by Ibn ‘Uyayna.” Al-Nasā’ī held the same view. Al-Bayhaqī (4:172) mentioned that it was transmitted as a mursal (disconnected), mawqūf (Companion-attributed) report based on a mistaken supposition, and is not established. It was also transmitted through weak routes not worth mentioning.
(3) Reported by al-Bukhārī (1511) and Muslim (984), from Ibn ‘Umar, with the wording: “The people then considered half a sā‘ of wheat equivalent to it.” See what follows.
(4) The passage “The well-known account … of wheat” is absent from ق, ب, ك, م, and مب. The text retained here follows ج and ع. It is crossed out in ص.
(5) No. 1614. Its chain includes ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn Abī Rawwād, whose reliability has some weakness. His transmission differs from that of seven of Nāfi‘’s students. Muslim discussed the matter in detail in al-Tamyīz (pp. 181–184) and judged the report weak.
(6) Reported by al-Bukhārī (1508) and Muslim (985), from Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudrī.
(7) The printed edition adds after this: “‘Abd Allāh ibn Tha‘laba or.” These words are absent from the manuscripts.