Nafi' ibn Alqamah appointed my father as charge d'affaires of his tribe, and commanded him to collect sadaqah (zakat) from them. My father sent me to a group of them; so I came to an aged man called Sa'r ibn Disam I said: My father has sent me to you to collect zakat from you. He asked: What kind of animals will you take, my nephew? I replied: We shall select the sheep and examine their udders. He said: My nephew, I shall narrate a tradition to you. I lived on one of these steppes during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ along with my sheep. Two people riding a camel came to me. They said to me: We are messengers of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, sent to you so that you may pay the sadaqah (zakat) on your sheep. I asked: What is due from me for them? They said: One goat. I went to a goat which I knew was full of milk and fat, and I brought it to them. They said: This is a pregnant goat. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited us to accept a pregnant goat. I asked: What will you take then? They said: A goat in its second year or a goat in its third year. I then went to a goat which had not given birth to any kid, but it was going to do so. I brought it to them. They said: Give it to us. They took it on the camel and went away. Abu Dawud said: Abu 'Asim transmitted this tradition from Zakariyya. He said: Muslim bin Shu'bah is a narrator in the chain of this tradition as reported by the narrator Rawh. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1581)   

فَبَعَثَنِي أَبِي فِي طَائِفَةٍ لِآتِيَهُ بِصَدَقَتِهِمْ قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّىأَتَيْتُ شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا يُقَالُ لَهُ سِعْرٌ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ أَبِي بَعَثَنِي إِلَيْكَ لِتُؤَدِّيَ صَدَقَةَ غَنَمِكَ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي وَأَيُّ نَحْوٍ تَأْخُذُونَ؟ قُلْتُ نَخْتَارُ حَتَّى إِنَّا لَنَشْبُرُ ضُرُوعَ الْغَنَمِ قَالَ ابْنَ أَخِي فَإِنِّي أُحَدِّثُكَ أَنِّي كُنْتُ فِي شِعْبٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الشِّعَابِ فِي غَنَمٍ لِي عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَاءَنِي رَجُلَانِ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ فَقَالَا نَحْنُ رَسُولَا النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلَيْكَ لِتُؤَدِّيَ صَدَقَةَ غَنَمِكَ قُلْتُ مَا عَلَيَّ فِيهَا؟ قَالَا شَاةٌ فَأَعْمِدُ إِلَى شَاةٍ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ مَكَانَهَا مُمْتَلِئَةٍ مَحْضًا وَشَحْمًا فَأَخْرَجْتُهَا إِلَيْهِمَا فَقَالَا هَذِهِ الشَّافِعُ الْحَائِلُ وَقَدْ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَأْخُذَ شَافِعًا قُلْتُ فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ؟ قَالَا عَنَاقًا جَذَعَةً أَوْ ثَنِيَّةً قَالَ فَأَعْمِدُ إِلَى عَنَاقٍ مُعْتَاطًا قَالَ وَالْمُعْتَاطُ الَّتِي لَمْ تَلِدْ وَلَدًا وَقَدْ حَانَ وِلَادُهَا فَأَخْرَجْتُهَا إِلَيْهِمَا فَقَالَا نَاوِلْنَاهَا فَدَفَعْتُهَا إِلَيْهِمَا فَجَعَلَاهَا مَعَهُمَا عَلَى بَعِيرِهِمَا ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ كَذَا قَالَ وَكِيعٌ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ ثَفِنَةَ صُحِّفَ وقَالَ رَوْحٌ ابْنُ شُعْبَةَ وَهُوَ الصَّوَابُ وقَالَ أَبِي وقَالَ بِشْرُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ هُوَ ذَا وَلَدُهُ هَاهُنَا يَعْنِي مُسْلِمَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ  

[Machine] Al-Qama used to work as a shepherd for his tribe. One day, his father sent him to a woman from the same tribe to collect some charity. Al-Qama went to a man called Si'r in a remote area and asked him to give him some sheep as charity. Si'r asked where he was taking them and Al-Qama replied that they would take the best ones they could find. Si'r told him that he had some sheep in a remote area and that two men claiming to be messengers of the Prophet ﷺ had come asking for the same charity. Al-Qama asked what they wanted and they said they wanted a sheep. Al-Qama found a pregnant sheep and took it to them. The men said it was a pregnant sheep and that the Prophet ﷺ had advised against taking pregnant sheep as charity. Al-Qama asked what else they would take and they said they would take a young camel, a branch, or a young female camel. Al-Qama gave them a branch. They asked him to give it to them, so he handed it over and they placed it on their camel.  

أَنَّ عَلْقَمَةَ اسْتَعْمَلَ أَبَاهُ عَلَى عِرَافَةِ قَوْمِهِ قَالَ مُسْلِمٌ فَبَعَثَنِي أَبِي إِلَى مُصَدِّقَةٍ فِي طَائِفَةٍ مِنْ قَوْمِي قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى آتِيَ شَيْخًا يُقَالُ لَهُ سِعْرٌ فِي شِعْبٍ مِنَ الشِّعَابِ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ أَبِي بَعَثَنِي إِلَيْكَ لِتُعْطِيَنِي صَدَقَةَ غَنَمِكَ فَقَالَ أَيِ ابْنَ أَخِي وَأَيَّنَحْوٍ تَأْخُذُونَ؟ فَقُلْتُ نَأْخُذُ أَفْضَلَ مَا نَجِدُ فَقَالَ الشَّيْخُ إِنِّي لَفِي شِعْبٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الشِّعَابِ فِي غَنَمٍ لِي إِذْ جَاءَنِي رَجُلَانِ مُرْتَدِفَانِ بَعِيرًا فَقَالَا إِنَّا رَسُولَا رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَنَا إِلَيْكَ لِتُؤْتِيَنَا صَدَقَةَ غَنَمِكَ قُلْتُ وَمَا هِيَ؟ قَالَا شَاةٌ فَعَمِدْتُ إِلَى شَاةٍ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ مَكَانَهَا مُمْتَلِئَةً مَخاضًا أَوْ مَحاضًا وَشَحْمًا فَأَخْرَجْتُهَا إِلَيْهِمَا فَقَالَا هَذِهِ شَافِعٌ وَقَدْ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَأْخُذَ شَافِعًا وَالشَّافِعُ الَّتِي فِي بَطْنِهَا وَلَدُهَا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَأَيَّ شَيْءٍ تَأْخُذَانِ؟ قَالَا عَنَاقًا أَوْ جَذَعَةً أَوْ ثَنِيَّةً قَالَ فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمَا عَنَاقًا قَالَ فَقَالَا ادْفَعْهَا إِلَيْنَا فَتَنَاوَلَاهَا وَجَعَلَاهَا مَعَهُمَا عَلَى بَعِيرِهِمَا