84. Expiation for Unfulfilled Oaths

٨٤۔ كتاب كفارات الأيمان

84.5 The Sa' of Al-Madina, and the Mudd of the Prophet ﷺ

٨٤۔٥ باب صَاعِ الْمَدِينَة

[Machine] And the exemplary character and blessings of the Prophet ﷺ , and what the people of Medina inherited from that for centuries upon centuries.

وَمُدِّ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَبَرَكَتِهِ وَمَا تَوَارَثَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَرْنًا بَعْدَ قَرْنٍ.

bukhari:6712ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > al-Qāsim b. Mālik al-Muzanī > al-Juʿayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd

As-Sa'ib bin Yazid said, "The Sa' at the time of the Prophet ﷺ was equal to one Mudd plus one-third of a Mudd of your time, and then it was increased in the time of Caliph ʿUmar bin ʿAbdul ʿAziz."  

البخاري:٦٧١٢حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ الْمُزَنِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْجُعَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ

كَانَ الصَّاعُ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مُدًّا وَثُلُثًا بِمُدِّكُمُ الْيَوْمَ فَزِيدَ فِيهِ فِي زَمَنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ  

bukhari:6713Mundhir b. al-Walīd al-a neighborūdī > Abū Qutaybah And Hw Salm > Mālik > Nāfiʿ

Ibn ʿUmar used to give the Zakat of Ramadan (Zakat-al-Fitr) according to the Mudd of the Prophet, the first Mudd, and he also used to give things for expiation for oaths according to the Mudd of the Prophet. Abu Qutaiba said, "Malik said to us, 'Our Mudd (i.e., of Medina) is better than yours and we do not see any superiority except in the Mudd of the Prophet!' Malik further said, to me, 'If a ruler came to you and fixed a Mudd smaller than the one of the Prophet, by what Mudd would you measure what you give (for expiation or Zakat-al-Fitr?' I replied, 'We would give it according to the Mudd of the Prophet' On that, Malik said, 'Then, don't you see that we have to revert to the Mudd of the Prophet ultimately?'"  

البخاري:٦٧١٣حَدَّثَنَا مُنْذِرُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْجَارُودِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قُتَيْبَةَ وَهْوَ سَلْمٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ قَالَ

كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يُعْطِي زَكَاةَ رَمَضَانَ بِمُدِّ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْمُدِّ الأَوَّلِ وَفِي كَفَّارَةِ الْيَمِينِ بِمُدِّ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ لَنَا مَالِكٌ مُدُّنَا أَعْظَمُ مِنْ مُدِّكُمْ وَلاَ نَرَى الْفَضْلَ إِلاَّ فِي مُدِّ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ لِي مَالِكٌ لَوْ جَاءَكُمْ أَمِيرٌ فَضَرَبَ مُدًّا أَصْغَرَ مِنْ مُدِّ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِأَىِّ شَىْءٍ كُنْتُمْ تُعْطُونَ قُلْتُ كُنَّا نُعْطِي بِمُدِّ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَفَلاَ تَرَى أَنَّ الأَمْرَ إِنَّمَا يَعُودُ إِلَى مُدِّ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

bukhari:6714ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Anas b. Mālik

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Allah! Bestow Your Blessings on their measures, Sa' and Mudd (i.e., of the people of Medina).  

البخاري:٦٧١٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِي مِكْيَالِهِمْ وَصَاعِهِمْ وَمُدِّهِمْ