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1567. It was reported from Hammād, that he said: "I took from Thumāmah bin 'Abdullah bin Anas a letter which he claimed that Abū Bakr had written to Anas, and which had the seal of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ on it. This was written when he (the Prophet ﷺ) had sent Anas as a collector of Zakāt, and so he had written this for him. It said in it: "These are the (details of the) obligation which the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ has obligated upon the Muslims in regard to charity, and which Allāh has commanded His Prophet, peace be upon him. So whoever is asked in accordance with this from among the Muslims, he should give it, and whoever is asked more than this, he should not give it. "For any number of camels less than twenty-five, one sheep is to be given for every five camels. If they reach twenty-five, one Bint Makhād[1] should be given, up to thirty-five. If he does not have a Bint Makhād, then he may give a Ibn Labūn.[2] "If the number reaches thirty-six, then for them is a Bint Labūn,[3] up to forty-five. So when it reaches forty-six, then a Hiqqah[4] that can breed with a stallion camel is due, up to sixty. "If the number reaches sixty-one, then a Jadh'ah[5] is due, up to seventy-five. If the number reaches seventy-six, then two Bint Labūns are due, up to ninety. If the number reaches ninety-one, then two Hiqqahs that can breed with stallion camels are due, up to one hundred and twenty. If there are more than one-hundred and twenty, then for every forty a Bint Labūn, and for every fifty a Hiqqah. “In the event that a person does not have a camel of the age specified according to the Ṣadaqah regulations, then if a person owes a Jadh'ah as Ṣadaqah but he does not have a Jadh'ah, then a Hiqqah should be accepted from him if he has one, and he should give two sheep along with it if they are available, or twenty Dirhams. “If he owes a Hiqqah as Ṣadaqah and he does not have a Hiqqah but he has a Jadh'ah, then it should be accepted from him, and the Zakāt collector should give him twenty Dirhams, or two sheep if they are available. If a person owes a Hiqqah as Ṣadaqah and he does not have one, but he has a Bint Labūn, it should be accepted from him, — Abū Dāwūd said: From here I do not have it as precise from Mūsā (the narrator) as would be preferred — and he should give two sheep along with it if they are available, or twenty Dirhams. “If a person owes a Bint Labūn as Ṣadaqah but he only has a Hiqqah, then it should be accepted from him — Abū Dāwūd said: Up to here, then I have it more precisely — and the Zakāt collector should give him twenty Dirhams, or two sheep. “If a person owes a Bint Labūn as Ṣadaqah but he only has a Bint Makhād, then it should be accepted from him, and he should give two sheep along with it if they are available, or twenty Dirhams. “If a person owes a Bint Makhād as Ṣadaqah but he only has an Bin Labūn, a male; it should be accepted from him, and he does not have to give anything else along with it. If a person has only four camels he does not have to give anything unless their owner wants to. With regard to the Ṣadaqah on grazing sheep, if there are forty, then one sheep is due upon them, up to one-hundred and twenty. If there is one more, then two sheep are due, up to two-hundred. If there is more, then three sheep are due, up to three-hundred. If there is more than that, then for every hundred, one sheep is due. “No decrepit, defective or male sheep should be taken as Ṣadaqah unless the Zakāh collector wishes. Do not combine separate flocks nor separate combined flocks for fear of Ṣadaqah. Each partner (who has a share in a combined flock) should pay the Ṣadaqah in proportion to his shares. If a man's flock does not reach forty sheep, then nothing is due from them, unless their owner wishes. With regard to silver, one-quarter of one-tenth, and if there is no wealth except one-hundred-and-ninety Dirhams, no Zakāt is due unless the owner wishes.” (Ṣaḥīh)