[Machine] When Abu Bakr was appointed, he sent him to Bahrain and wrote this letter to him: "In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. This is the obligation of charity that Allah has enjoined upon the Muslims, which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded. So whoever is asked for it from among the Muslims, let him give it willingly, and whoever is asked for more than that, let him not give it. He mentioned the Hadith regarding the obligation of charity on camels and what is between their humps, then he said: "And the charity of sheep is based on their number. When they are forty to twenty, there is one sheep; when they exceed twenty to a hundred, there are two sheep; when they exceed a hundred to three hundred, there are three sheep; when they exceed three hundred, for every hundred there is one sheep. Hairless sheep, sheep with deformities, and goats are not taken as charity unless the giver wishes. Charity should not be combined between separate groups and should not be divided among a united group out of fear of charity. If there are two different groups, they should reconcile with equality. If a man's flock is less than forty sheep, there is no charity in it unless its Lord wills."  

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ لَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ بَعَثَهُ إِلَى الْبَحْرَيْنِ وَكَتَبَ لَهُ هَذَا الْكِتَابَ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَذِهِ فَرِيضَةُ الصَّدَقَةِ الَّتِي فَرَضَ اللهُ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ الَّتِي أَمَرَ بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَنْ سُئِلَهَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا فَلْيُعْطِهَا وَمَنْ سُئِلَ فَوْقَهَا فَلَا يُعْطِهَا فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فِي فَرْضِ الْإِبِلِ وَمَا بَيْنَ أَسْنَانِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ وَصَدَقَةُ الْغَنَمِ فِي سَائِمَتِهَا فَإِذَا كَانَتْ أَرْبَعِينَ إِلَى عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةٍ فَفِيهَا شَاةٌ فَإِذَا زَادَتْ عَلَى عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةٍ إِلَى أَنْ تَبْلُغَ مِائَتَيْنِ فَفِيهَا شَاتَانِ فَإِذَا زَادَتْ عَلَى مِائَتَيْنِ إِلَى ثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ فَفِيهَا ثَلَاثُ شِيَاهٍ فَإِذَا زَادَتْ عَلَى ثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ فَفِي كُلِّ مِائَةٍ شَاةٌ وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ فِي الصَّدَقَةِ هَرِمَةٌ وَلَا ذَاتُ عَوَارٍ وَلَا تَيْسٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ الْمُصَدِّقُ وَلَا يُجْمَعُ بَيْنَ مُتَفَرِّقٍ وَلَا يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَ مُجْتَمِعٍ خَشْيَةَ الصَّدَقَةِ وَمَا كَانَ مِنْ خَلِيطَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَتَرَاجَعَانِ بَيْنَهُمَا بِالسَّوِيَّةِ فَإِذَا كَانَتْ سَائِمَةُ الرَّجُلِ نَاقِصَةً مِنَ أَرْبَعِينَ شَاةً فَلَيْسَ فِيهَا صَدَقَةٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ رَبُّهَا