Hadith 38037

Chapter 25

باب 25

(25) باب مَا يُوجِبُ الْعُشْرَ وَمَا يُوجِبُ نِصْفَ الْعُشْرِ

(25) Chapter: On What One-Tenth Is Due, And on What One-Half Of One-Tenth Is Due
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أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَيَّاشٍ - عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ مُعَاذٍ، قَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ آخُذَ مِمَّا سَقَتِ السَّمَاءُ الْعُشْرَ وَفِيمَا سُقِيَ بِالدَّوَالِي نِصْفَ الْعُشْرِ .

It was narrated that Mu'adh said:
"The Messenger of Allah sent me to Yemen and he commanded me to take one-tenth of whatever is irrigated by the sky, and half of one-tenth of whatever is irrigated by means of buckets."

Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i 2490

In-book reference: Book 23, Hadith 0

English translation: Vol. 3, Book 23, Hadith 2492