42 - Chapter on Barley

2517 - 'Amr ibn 'Ali informed us, saying: Yahya narrated to us, saying: Dawud ibn Qays narrated to us, saying: 'Iyad narrated to us, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: We used to give, during the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, a sa' of barley, or dates, or raisins, or dried curd. We continued thus until the time of Mu'awiyah, when he said: I do not think that two mudds of Syrian wheat are not equivalent to a sa' of barley.

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Also narrated by Muslim in "Al-Tamyiz" (92), Abu Dawud (1614), and Ibn 'Abd al-Barr in "Al-Tamhid" 14/317, via two chains, from Husayn ibn 'Ali al-Ju'fi, with this chain of transmission, with an addition in which 'Abdullah said: When 'Umar came and wheat became abundant, 'Umar made half a sa' of wheat in place of a sa' of those things.

Ibn 'Abd al-Barr said: None of the companions of Nafi' narrated from him in this hadith, as far as I know, "or barley, or raisins" except 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Abi Rawwad, and he said in it: When 'Umar came and wheat became abundant, he made half a sa' in place of those things. Ibn 'Uyaynah says in it: When Mu'awiyah came. And the statement of Ibn 'Uyaynah is, in my view, more correct — and Allah knows best — because he is more precise and more reliable than Ibn Abi Rawwad. End quote. Likewise, Muslim declared it defective, and titled the hadith with his statement: Mention of a corrupt narration whose error is evident, contrary to the group of hadith memorizers.

See also what follows it, and "Fath al-Bari" 3/372.

(1) In (M) and the margin of (K): and he said.
(2) In (M): is equivalent to.
(3) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Yahya: he is Ibn Sa'id al-Qattan, and 'Iyad: he is Ibn 'Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (2308).

Also narrated by Ahmad (11182) from Yahya al-Qattan, with this chain of transmission, with the wording: We continued to give the Zakat al-Fitr during the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him... etc., and without his statement: We continued thus... etc.

It has preceded via the chain of Waki', from Dawud ibn Qays, from him, under number (2513).