Muwatta Malik #590
Zakat
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ : أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، كَتَبَ إِلَى عَامِلِهِ عَلَى دِمَشْقَ فِي الصَّدَقَةِ : إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَةُ فِي الْحَرْثِ وَالْعَيْنِ وَالْمَاشِيَةِ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَلاَ تَكُونُ الصَّدَقَةُ إِلاَّ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَشْيَاءَ : فِي الْحَرْثِ وَالْعَيْنِ وَالْمَاشِيَةِ .
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn
Abd al-Aziz wrote to his governor in Damascus about zakat saying,
"Zakat is paid on the produce of ploughed land, on gold and silver,
and on livestock."
Malik said, "Zakat is only paid on three
things: the produce of ploughed land, gold and silver, and livestock."
Narrated by Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn
Abd al-Aziz wrote to his governor in Damascus about zakat saying,
"Zakat is paid on the produce of ploughed land, on gold and silver,
and on livestock."
Malik said, "Zakat is only paid on three
things:
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This hadith is #590 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Zakat and narrated by Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz wrote to his governor in Damascus about zakat saying, "Zakat is paid on the produce of ploughed land, on gold and silver, and on livestock." Malik said, "Zakat is only paid on three things:.