English translation
643. 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Mas'ūd bin Niyār said: "Sahl bin Abī Ḥathmah came to a gathering of ours, and he narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would say: "When you make an assessment, then take it and leave a third, if you do not leave a third, then leave a quarter." (Hasan) He said: There are narrations on this topic from 'Aishah, 'Attāb bin Asīd, and Ibn 'Abbās. Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Sahl bin Abī Khathmah is acted upon for Al-Kharṣ (assessment) according to most of the people of knowledge. The view of Aḥmad and Iṣhāq was in accordance with the Hadīth of Sahl bin Abī Khathmah.[1] Al-Kharš occurs with the appearance of the fruits of dates and grapes upon which Zakāt is due, then the Sultān sends the appraiser to make an assessment for them. And Al-Kharš is when the one looking at it considers (the amount) and says: "This amount of raisins should be taken out for this, and this amount of dried dates should be taken out for this." So he estimates it for them, and he reckons the amount that makes up the Ushr which is due from them. Then he leaves them with the fruit to do as they like. When they harvest the fruit then the Ushr is taken from it. This is how it was interpreted by some of the people of knowledge, and it is the view of Mālik, Ash-Shāfi'i, Aḥmad, and Ishāq.