أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِيَاضٌ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ کُنَّا نُخْرِجُ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ أَوْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ زَبِيبٍ أَوْ أَقِطٍ فَلَمْ نَزَلْ کَذَلِکَ حَتَّی کَانَ فِي عَهْدِ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ مَا أَرَی مُدَّيْنِ مِنْ سَمْرَائِ الشَّامِ إِلَّا تَعْدِلُ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2523
It was narrated that Abu Saeed Al-Khudri said: “At the time of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم we used to give a ‘a’ of barley, or dates, or raisins, or cottage cheese, and we continued to do so until the time of Muawiyah, when he said: ‘I think that two Mudds of wheat from Ash-Sham are equivalent to a ‘a’ of barley.”(Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020