Rabi'a b. ‘Abd ar-Rahman on more than one person’s authority said,
“God’s messenger assigned as a fief to Bilal b. al-Harith al-Muzani the mines of al-Qabaliya which is in the neighbourhood of al-Fur‘,* and only zakat is levied on those mines up to the present day.”
Abu Dawud transmitted it.
* Yaqut, Mu'jam, ii, 471, says it is a village in the neighbourhood of ar-Rabadha, eight stages from Medina on the way to Mecca; some say four days’ journey.
‘Ali reported the Prophet as saying,
“There is no sadaqa on green herbs, palm-trees given in usufruct for a year, less than five camel-loads, working animals, or al-jabha.” As-Saqr said al-jabha* consists of horses, mules and slaves.
Daraqutni transmitted it.
* Applied usually to horses, meaning the best type.
Umm Salama said she was wearing gold ornaments and asked God’s messenger whether that was a treasure,* to which he replied,
“Whatever reaches a quantity on which zakat is payable is not a treasure when the zakat is paid.”
Malik and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
* The word kanz which means a treasure is used as a technical term for property liable to zakat on which the zakat is not paid.
