حَدَّثَنَا مُنْذِرُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْجَارُودِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قُتَيْبَةَ وَهْوَ سَلْمٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِکٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ قَالَ کَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يُعْطِي زَکَاةَ رَمَضَانَ بِمُدِّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمُدِّ الْأَوَّلِ وَفِي کَفَّارَةِ الْيَمِينِ بِمُدِّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَبُو قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ لَنَا مَالِکٌ مُدُّنَا أَعْظَمُ مِنْ مُدِّکُمْ وَلَا نَرَی الْفَضْلَ إِلَّا فِي مُدِّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ لِي مَالِکٌ لَوْ جَائَکُمْ أَمِيرٌ فَضَرَبَ مُدًّا أَصْغَرَ مِنْ مُدِّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِأَيِّ شَيْئٍ کُنْتُمْ تُعْطُونَ قُلْتُ کُنَّا نُعْطِي بِمُدِّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَفَلَا تَرَی أَنَّ الْأَمْرَ إِنَّمَا يَعُودُ إِلَی مُدِّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 6713
Narrated Nafi`: Ibn `Umar used to give the Zakat of Ramadan (Zakat-al-Fitr) according to the Mudd of the Prophet, the first Mudd, and he also used to give things for expiation for oaths according to the Mudd of the Prophet. Abu Qutaiba said, "Malik said to us, 'Our Mudd (i.e., of Medina) is better than yours and we do not see any superiority except in the Mudd of the Prophet!' Malik further said, to me, 'If a ruler came to you and fixed a Mudd smaller than the one of the Prophet, by what Mudd would you measure what you give (for expiation or Zakat-al-Fitr?' I replied, 'We would give it according to the Mudd of the Prophet' On that, Malik said, 'Then, don't you see that we have to revert to the Mudd of the Prophet ultimately?'"
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020