Mishkat al-Masabih #1719
Zakat
Sahl b. Abu Hathma related that God’s messenger used to say,
“When you estimate take them leaving a third, and if you do not leave a third leave a quarter.” *
Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Nasa'i transmitted it.
* This is interpreted by some as meaning that a third or a quarter was not to be reckoned when assessing the tax.
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This hadith is #1719 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Zakat. Mishkat al-Masabih contains 4,428 hadiths across 25 books.