Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:6395 حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الدِّيلِيِّ عَنِ ابْنٍ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَدِّهِ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابَ ؓ بَعَثَهُ مُصَدِّقًا فَكَانَ يَعُدُّ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِالسَّخْلِ فَقَالُوا تَعُدُّ عَلَيْنَا بِالسَّخْلِ وَلَا تَأْخُذُ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا؟ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ «نَعَمْ تَعُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالسَّخْلَةِ يَحْمِلُهَا الرَّاعِي وَلَا تَأْخُذْهَا وَلَا تَأْخُذِ الْأَكُولَةَ وَلَا الرُّبَّى وَلَا الْمَاخِضَ وَلَا فَحْلَ الْغَنَمِ وَتَأْخُذُ الْجَذَعَةَ وَالثَّنِيَّةَ وَذَلِكَ عَدْلٌ بَيْنَ غِذَاءِ الْمَالِ وَخِيَارِهِ»
English Translation
Sufyan ibn 'Abdullah narrated that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) sent him as a zakat collector. He would count the young lambs against the people. They said: "You count the young lambs against us but do not take any of them?" When he came to 'Umar, he mentioned this to him. 'Umar said: "Yes, you count the young lamb that the shepherd carries, but do not take it. And do not take the fattened one kept for eating, nor the pregnant one, nor the one about to give birth, nor the stud ram. Take the one-year-old and the two-year-old — that is fair between the young of the flock and its best."