Muwatta Malik #629
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، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّ أَهْلَ الشَّامِ، قَالُوا لأَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ خُذْ مِنْ خَيْلِنَا وَرَقِيقِنَا صَدَقَةً . فَأَبَى ثُمَّ كَتَبَ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَأَبَى عُمَرُ ثُمَّ كَلَّمُوهُ أَيْضًا فَكَتَبَ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ إِنْ أَحَبُّوا فَخُذْهَا مِنْهُمْ وَارْدُدْهَا عَلَيْهِمْ وَارْزُقْ رَقِيقَهُمْ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ مَعْنَى قَوْلِهِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ وَارْدُدْهَا عَلَيْهِمْ يَقُولُ عَلَى فُقَرَائِهِمْ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Sulayman ibn
Yasar that the people of Syria said to Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah, "Take
zakat from our horses and slaves," and he refused. Then he wrote to
Umar ibn al-Khattab and he (also) refused. Again they talked to him
and again he wrote to Umar, and Umar wrote back to him saying, "If
they want, take it from them and (then) give it back to them and give
their slaves provision."
Malik said, "What he means, may
Allah have mercy upon him, by the words 'and give it back to them' is,
'to their poor.' "
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This hadith is #629 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Zakat.