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Hadith 9.2

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ENGLISH

Mu'adh said that when God’s Messenger sent him to the Yemen he ordered him to take from every <i>halim</i>, meaning one who had reached puberty, a dinar or its equivalent in <i>Ma'afiri</i>,* i.e. garments of Yemen origin. *This word, which is usually an adjective qualifying <i>thaub</i> (garment), is here used by itself with an explanation of the meaning following Ma'afir is the name of a tribe which was a section of Hamdan, the Yemen tribal group. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

ARABIC

عَنْ مُعَاذٍ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا وَجَّهَهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ أَمْرَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِنْ كُلِّ حَالِمٍ يَعْنِي مُحْتَلِمٍ دِينَارًا أَوْ عَدْلَهُ مِنَ الْمَعَافِرِيِّ: ثِيَابٌ تَكُونُ بِالْيمن. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد

Hadith referenceMishkat al-Masabih 9.2
CollectionMishkat al-Masabih
BookJihad
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