[Machine] It was narrated that when the Prophet ﷺ sent Muadh to Yemen, he ordered him to take from every thirty cows one bull or one cow, from every forty cows one barren cow, and from every fifty cows one young male. They would be paid for with a dinar or its equivalent in clothing from the people of Makkah. It was narrated that Abu Dawood said in some copies: "This is a Munkar (rejected) Hadith. It was narrated to me from Ahmad that he used to strongly reject this Hadith." The Sheikh said: "The Munkar is the narration of Abu Muawiyah from Al-A’mash from Ibrahim from Masrooq from Muadh. As for the narration of Al-A’mash from Abu Wail from Masrooq, it is preserved and it was narrated by a group of people, including Sufyan Ath-Thawri, Shu’bah, Ma’mar, Jarir, Abu Awana, Yahya bin Saeed, and Hafs bin Ghiyath." Some of them narrated from Muadh and some of them said that when the Prophet ﷺ sent Muadh to Yemen or something similar. As for the Hadith of Al-A’mash from Ibrahim, the correct view is that it is as he narrated.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا وَجَّهَهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ مِنْ كُلِّ ثَلَاثِينَ تَبِيعًا أَوْ تَبِيعَةً وَمِنْ كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ مُسِنَّةً وَمِنْ كُلِّ حَالِمٍ يَعْنِي مُحْتَلِمًا دِينَارًا أَوْ عِدْلَهُ مِنَ الْمَعَافِرِيِّ ثِيَابٌ تَكُونُ بِالْيَمَنِ 18666 قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ فِي بَعْضِ النُّسَخِ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُنْكَرٌ بَلَغَنِي عَنْ أَحْمَدَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُنْكِرُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ إِنْكَارًا شَدِيدًا قَالَ الشَّيْخُ إِنَّمَا الْمُنْكَرُ رِوَايَةُ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ فَأَمَّا رِوَايَةُ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ فَإِنَّهَا مَحْفُوظَةٌ قَدْ رَوَاهَا عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْهُمْ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَشُعْبَةُ وَمَعْمَرٌ وَجَرِيرٌ وَأَبُو عَوَانَةَ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَحَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا بَعَثَ مُعَاذًا إِلَى الْيَمَنِ أَوْ مَا فِي مَعْنَاهُ وَأَمَّا حَدِيثُ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَالصَّوَابُ كَمَا