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2464. It was narrated that Muslim bin Thafinah said: "Ibn 'Alqamah appointed my father to be in charge of his people, and he commanded him to collect their Sadaqah. My father sent me to a group of them to bring their Sadaqah to him. I set out and came to an old man who was called Sa'r. I said: 'My father has sent me to collect the Sadaqah of your sheep.'
He said: 'O son of my brother, how will you decode what you want to take?' I said: 'We choose, and we even measure the sheep's udders.' He said: 'O son of my brother, I tell you that I was in one of these mountain passes at the time of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ with some sheep of mine. Two men came on a camel and said: We are the messengers of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, we come to take the Sadaqah of your sheep. I said: What do I have to give? They said: A sheep. So I went to a sheep that I knew was filled with milk and was fat, and brought it out to them. He said: This is a Shâfi' – a sheep that has a child or is pregnant – and the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ forbade us to take a Shâfi'. So I went to a Mu'tât she-goat – a Mu'tât is one that has not given birth before, but has reached the age where it could produce young – and brought it out to them. They said: We will take it. So I lifted it up to them, and they took it with them on their camel and left.'" (Da'if)
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[1] The Prophet ﷺ was certain that his Zakâh collectors were fair and would not take more than what was prescribed, but due to their innate love of money, people may feel that taking from them is a kind of unfairness. This should not be interpreted as allowing the Zakâh collectors to be unfair, or encouraging the people to put up with that, and give more than that which Allâh has prescribed they should give. (Hâshiyah As-Sindî)
Commentary
This demonstrates that in Zakâh, the most superior animal should not be taken, because this would be an infringement of the owner's right.
