Hadith 6713

The Ṣa' (measuring unit) of Al-Madīna, and the Mudd of the Prophet ﷺ, and his invocation for Allāh's Blessing in it. And what the people of Al-Madīna inherited of that through the generations.

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Darussalam · Volume 8

84 - THE BOOK OF THE EXPIATION OF UNFULFILLED OATHS

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 6713 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 145

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English translation

6713. Narrated Nāfi': Ibn 'Umar used to give the Zakāt of Ramaḍān (Zakāt-ul-Fitr) according to the Mudd of the Prophet ﷺ, the first Mudd, and he also used to give things for expiation for oaths according to the Mudd of the Prophet ﷺ. Abū Qutaiba said, "Mālik said to us, 'Our Mudd (i.e., of Al-Madīna) is better than yours(1) and we do not see any superiority except in the Mudd of the Prophet ﷺ.'(2) Mālik further said to me, 'If a ruler came to you and fixed a Mudd smaller than the one of the Prophet ﷺ, by what Mudd would you measure what you give (for expiation or Zakāt-ul-Fitr)?' I replied, 'We would give it according to the Mudd of the Prophet ﷺ.' On that, Mālik said, 'Then, don't you see that we have to revert to the Mudd of the Prophet ﷺ ultimately?' "

Arabic text

6713 - حَدَّثَنَا مُنْذِرُ بْنُ الوَلِيدِ الجَارُودِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قُتَيْبَةَ وَهْوَ سَلْمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، قَالَ: «كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ، يُعْطِي زَكَاةَ رَمَضَانَ بِمُدِّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ المُدِّ الأَوَّلِ، وَفِي كَفَّارَةِ اليَمِينِ بِمُدِّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ» قَالَ أَبُوقُتَيْبَةَ: قَالَ لَنَا مَالِكٌ: «مُدُّنَا أَعْظَمُ مِنْ مُدِّكُمْ، وَلاَ نَرَى الفَضْلَ إِلَّا فِي مُدِّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ» وَقَالَ لِي مَالِكٌ: لَوْ جَاءَكُمْ أَمِيرٌ فَضَرَبَ مُدًّا أَصْغَرَ مِنْ مُدِّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كُنْتُمْ تُعْطُونَ؟ قُلْتُ: كُنَّا نُعْطِي بِمُدِّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: أَفَلاَ تَرَى أَنَّ الأَمْرَ إِنَّمَا يَعُودُ إِلَى مُدِّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

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1
(1) (H. 6713) The other Mudd is that used by Hishām, and it was bigger than that of the Prophet ﷺ.
2
(2) (H. 6713) Mālik asserts that the Mudd of the Prophet ﷺ should be used because he invoked for Allāh's Blessings in it, and so it is superior to any other Mudd even if it were bigger in size.