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darimi:1661al-Ḥakam b. Mūsá > Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah > Sulaymān b. Dāwud al-Khawlānī > al-Zuhrī > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

From Muhammad, the Prophet, to Shurahbil bin 'Abd Kulal, Harith bin 'Abd Kulal, and Nuaim bin 'Abd Kulal.

Regarding forty sheep, there should be one sheep for every twenty sheep until they reach one hundred and one. Then, for every hundred sheep added, there should be two. When it reaches two hundred and one, there should be three sheep. And for every additional hundred sheep, there should be one sheep."  

الدارمي:١٦٦١أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْخَوْلَانِيِّ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ مَعَ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ «بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ إِلَى شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ كُلَالٍ وَالْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ كُلَالٍ وَنُعَيْمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ كُلَالٍ فِي أَرْبَعِينَ شَاةً شَاةٌ إِلَى أَنْ تَبْلُغَ عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةٍ فَإِذَا زَادَتْ عَلَى عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةٍ وَاحِدَةً فَفِيهَا شَاتَانِ إِلَى أَنْ تَبْلُغَ مِائَتَيْنِ فَإِذَا زَادَتْ وَاحِدَةً فَفِيهَا ثَلَاثَةٌ إِلَى أَنْ تَبْلُغَ ثَلَاثَ مِائَةٍ فَمَا زَادَ فَفِي كُلِّ مِائَةِ شَاةٍ شَاةٌ»