Arabic (Original)
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ ؓ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا وَجَّهَهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ مِنْ كُلِّ ثَلَاثِينَ تَبِيعًا أَوْ تَبِيعَةً وَمِنْ كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ مُسِنَّةً وَمِنْ كُلِّ حَالِمٍ يَعْنِي مُحْتَلِمًا دِينَارًا أَوْ عِدْلَهُ مِنَ الْمَعَافِرِيِّ ثِيَابٌ تَكُونُ بِالْيَمَنِ
English Translation
Abu Ali al-Rudhbari informed us > Muhammad ibn Bakr > Abu Dawud > Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Nufayli > Abu Mu'awiyah > al-A'mash > Abu Wa'il > Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace be upon him), when he sent him to Yemen, commanded him to take from cattle — from every thirty, a one-year-old calf, male or female; from every forty, a mature cow; and from every mature person — meaning one who has reached puberty — a dinar or its equivalent from Ma'afiri cloth, which are garments produced in Yemen.