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1579. Suwaid bin Ghafalah narrated: "I was sent" or he said: "I was informed by someone who was sent with the person to collect Zakāt by the Prophet ﷺ" — "It was (written) in the letter of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ: 'That you
not take a female (animal) that is weaning its young (as Zakāt), nor should you join together different (flocks), nor separate a combined (flock).’ And we would go to the watering grounds, (waiting) for the sheep to be brought for their drink, and he (the collector) would say: ‘Give the charity due upon your wealth.’
“So, one person among them went to a camel with a huge hump (intending to give it as charity), but he refused to accept it. He (the owner) said: ‘I want you to take my best camel!’ But he (the collector) refused to take it. So he reined in another one, slightly smaller than it, but he still refused to accept it. Then he reined it another one, still smaller than it, and he accepted it, saying; ‘I am worried that if I take it, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ will find something against me (reprimand me), and say to me: “You went to a person and chose a camel of your choice!” (Da’if)
Abū Dāwud said: Hushaim reported it from Hilāl bin Khabbāb similarly, but he said: “A flock joined together should not be separated.”
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Commentary
Zakāh officials should visit people at their own places, the places of their concourse, rather than force them to make repeated visits to their own offices.
