Sunan Ibn Majah 1805

حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَقْرَأَنِي سَالِمٌ كِتَابًا كَتَبَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَوَفَّاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَوَجَدْتُ فِيهِ فِي أَرْبَعِينَ شَاةً شَاةٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏إِلَى عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَإِذَا زَادَتْ وَاحِدَةً، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَفِيهَا شَاتَانِ إِلَى مِائَتَيْنِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَإِنْ زَادَتْ وَاحِدَةً، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَفِيهَا ثَلَاثُ شِيَاهٍ إِلَى ثَلاثِ مِائَةٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَإِذَا كَثُرَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَفِي كُلِّ مِائَةٍ شَاةٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَوَجَدْتُ فِيهِ لَا يُجْمَعُ بَيْنَ مُتَفَرِّقٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَا يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَ مُجْتَمِعٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَوَجَدْتُ فِيهِ لَا يُؤْخَذُ فِي الصَّدَقَةِ تَيْسٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَا هَرِمَةٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَا ذَاتُ عَوَارٍ .

It was narrated from Ibn Shihab, from Salim bin Abdullah, from his father, from the Messenger of Allah: Salim said: “My father read to me a letter that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had written about Sadaqat before Allah caused him to pass away. I read in it: 'For forty sheep, one sheep, up to one hundred and twenty. If there is more than that - even one - then two sheep, up to two hundred, If there is one more than that - even one = then three sheep, up to three hundred. If there are many sheep, then for each hundred, one sheep.' And I read in it: 'Separate flocks should not be combined, and a combined flock should not be separated.' And I read in it: 'And a male goat should not be taken for Sadaqah, nor a decrepit nor defective animal.' ”