أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ قَالَ لَمَّا بَعَثَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَی الْيَمَنِ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِنْ کُلِّ ثَلَاثِينَ مِنْ الْبَقَرِ تَبِيعًا أَوْ تَبِيعَةً وَمِنْ کُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ مُسِنَّةً وَمِنْ کُلِّ حَالِمٍ دِينَارًا أَوْ عِدْلَهُ مَعَافِرَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2458
It was narrated that Muadh said that when the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم sent him to Yemen, he commanded him to take from every thirty, cattle a male or female Tabi’ (two-year-old), and from every forty, a Musinnah (three-year old), and from every person who had reached the age of puberty a Dinar or is equivalent in Ma’afir. (Da’if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020