أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الطُّوسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ ابْنِ إِسْحَقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ بَعَثَنِي إِلَی الْيَمَنِ أَنْ لَا آخُذَ مِنْ الْبَقَرِ شَيْئًا حَتَّی تَبْلُغَ ثَلَاثِينَ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ ثَلَاثِينَ فَفِيهَا عِجْلٌ تَابِعٌ جَذَعٌ أَوْ جَذَعَةٌ حَتَّی تَبْلُغَ أَرْبَعِينَ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ أَرْبَعِينَ فَفِيهَا بَقَرَةٌ مُسِنَّةٌ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2459
It was narrated that Muadh bin Jabal said: “When he sent me to Yemen, the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم commanded me not to take any cattle until the number had reached thirty. If the number reached thirty, then a Jadh’ah calf in its second year, either male or female, was due on them, until the number reached forty. If the number reached forty, then a Musinnah was due on them.” (Da’if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020