13 - Chapter on Estimating the Yield of Grapes

1603 - 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn al-Sarri al-Naqit narrated to us, Bishr ibn Mansur narrated to us, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq, from al-Zuhri, from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, from 'Attab ibn Asid, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded that grapes be estimated (kharṣ) just as palm trees are estimated, and that their zakah be taken as raisins, just as the charity of palm trees is taken as dried dates.

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Al-Shafi'i, Malik, and al-Thawri held the view that there is no obligatory zakah on honey, and Ibn 'Abd al-Barr reported this from the majority of scholars. See "Al-Mughni" 4/183-184, and "Zad al-Ma'ad" 2/12-16 by Ibn al-Qayyim, in our critical edition.

(1) A sound hadith, and this chain is good. 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn al-Sarri and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq are trustworthy (ṣadūq), and they have been corroborated. As for Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib — although Abu Dawud and Ibn Abi Hatim said that he did not hear anything from 'Attab — his mursal narrations are considered among the most authentic of mursal reports, as is established among the scholars, and they carry the same weight as connected (musnad) narrations. Al-Tirmidhi asked al-Bukhari about the hadith of Ibn Jurayj, from Ibn Shihab, from 'Urwah, from 'A'ishah, similar to the hadith of 'Attab, and he said: "The hadith of Ibn Jurayj is not preserved (ghayr maḥfūẓ), and the hadith of Ibn al-Musayyib from 'Attab is more firmly established and more sound."

Al-Nasa'i recorded it in "Al-Mujtaba" (2618) through two chains from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq, with this chain of transmission.

See what follows it.

It has a supporting witness (shāhid) from the hadith of 'A'ishah, which will come as number (1606).

Another from the hadith of Jabir, which will come as number (3415).

And a third from the hadith of Ibn 'Umar, in Ahmad's "Musnad" (4768).

Al-Kharṣ (estimation): estimating what is on palm trees as dried dates, and what is on grapevines as raisins, in order to know the amount of the tenth (tithe), then the owner is left free with it, and that amount is taken at the time of harvesting the fruits. Its benefit is to grant ease to the owners of the fruits in partaking of them. Al-Sindi said this.