- "For the believers, in the charity of fruits—or property wealth—there is a tenth of what the spring and the sky water, and on what is watered by the bucket, half of a tenth." It was recorded by Ibn Abī Shaybah (4/22), al-Dāraqutnī (215), and al-Bayhaqī (4/130) through the route of Ibn Jurayj: Nāfiʿ informed me from Ibn ʿUmar who said: "The Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) wrote to the people of Yemen, to al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd Kulāl and those with him from Maʿāfir and Hamdān..." and he mentioned it. I say: This is a sound chain according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs, and it was also recorded by al-Bukhārī and the four authors of the Sunan and others through the route of Sālim from Ibn ʿUmar in a similar manner. It was also reported from other Companions like Jābir, Abū Hurayrah, Muʿādh ibn Jabal, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr, and ʿAmr ibn Ḥazm, and I have extracted their ḥadīths in "Irwāʾ al-Ghalīl" (790). (The bucket) with a silent "r" is the large bucket made from the hide of a bull. The fiqh of the ḥadīth: I specifically included this narration for its opening statement: "for the believers," as it contains an important benefit not found in other narrations. Al-Bayhaqī said: "And it is like an indication that it is not taken from the people of the dhimmah." I say: And how could it be taken from them while they are in their polytheism and misguidance? Zakāh does not purify them; rather, it purifies the believing giver from the filth of polytheism, as Allāh said: (Take from their wealth a charity by which you purify them and cause them to increase, and invoke [Allāh's blessings] upon them. Indeed, your invocations are reassurance for them). This verse clearly indicates that