Twenty Hiqqahs (four-year-old she-camels), twenty Jadha'ahs (five-year-old she-camels), twenty Bint Makhad (one-year-old she-camels), twenty Bint Labun (two-year-old she-camels), and twenty male Bani Makhad (one-year-old male camels).(1)

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(1) Its chain of transmission is weak due to the weakness of Hajjaj ibn Artah. As for Khashaf ibn Malik, al-Nasa'i and Ibn Hibban declared him trustworthy, while al-Daraqutni, al-Bayhaqi, al-Baghawi, and Ibn 'Abd al-Barr declared him unknown, and Ibn al-Qattan weakened him in "Bayan al-Wahm wa al-Iham" 3/563, saying: Al-Daraqutni undertook the weakening of this hadith with a sufficient explanation. There is disagreement regarding whether the hadith is raised (to the Prophet) or stopped (at a Companion), as we have clarified in "Musnad Ahmad" (3635).

Al-Daraqutni also declared it defective in his "Sunan" (3364) due to its contradiction of the narration of Abu 'Ubaydah ibn 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, 'Alqamah, and Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, all of them from Ibn Mas'ud, as they mentioned Bani Labun (two-year-old male camels) in place of Bani Makhad. He said: Abu 'Ubaydah is more knowledgeable of his father's hadith, his doctrine, and his legal opinions than Khashaf ibn Malik and his likes... And Ibrahim al-Nakha'i is the most knowledgeable of people regarding 'Abdullah (ibn Mas'ud), his opinion, and his legal rulings, having taken that from his maternal uncles 'Alqamah, al-Aswad, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid, and others among the senior companions of 'Abdullah. He is the one who said: When I say to you: 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said, it is from a group of his companions on his authority, and if I heard it from a single man, I would name him to you.

He also declared it defective because Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Umawi narrated it from Hajjaj ibn Artah and mentioned in it Bani Labun in place of Hiqaq, and that Isma'il ibn 'Ayyash narrated it from al-Hajjaj and mentioned in it Bani Labun in place of Bani Makhad, like the narration of Abu 'Ubaydah and his companions. And that a group narrated it from Hajjaj without specifying the fifths.

It was also recorded by al-Tirmidhi (1442) and (1443), and al-Nasa'i in "al-Kubra" (6977) via the path of Hajjaj ibn Artah, with this chain. Al-Nasa'i said: Hajjaj ibn Artah is weak and not to be relied upon.

It is also in "Musnad Ahmad" (3635) and (4303).

It was also recorded as a stopped (mawquf) narration by 'Abd al-Razzaq (17238), Ibn Abi Shaybah 9/134, al-Tabarani in "al-Kabir" (9730), and al-Daraqutni (3365) via the path of Sufyan al-Thawri, from Mansur, from Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, from Ibn Mas'ud. And he mentioned Bani Labun in place of Bani Makhad. Its chain is authentic. For although Ibrahim did not meet 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, he himself explicitly stated that when he says: from 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, he has heard it from a group on his authority, as al-Daraqutni and others said. For this reason, some scholars considered his mursal narrations (from a missing link) from Ibn Mas'ud stronger than his connected ones. =