Abyad spoke to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about sadaqah when he came along with a deputation to him. He replied: O brother of Saba', sadaqah is unavoidable. He said: We cultivated cotton, Messenger of Allah. The people of Saba' scattered, and there remained only a few at Ma'arib. He therefore concluded a treaty of peace with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to give seventy suits of cloth, equivalent to the price of the Yemeni garments known as al-mu'afir, to be paid every year on behalf of those people of Saba' who remained at Ma'arib. They continued to pay them till the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died. The governors after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ broke the treaty concluded by Abyad by Hammal with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to give seventy suits of garments. AbuBakr then revived it as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had done till AbuBakr died. When AbuBakr died, it was discontinued and the sadaqah was levied.  

أَنَّهُ كَلَّمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الصَّدَقَةِ حِينَ وَفَدَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَخَا سَبَإٍ لاَ بُدَّ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا زَرْعُنَا الْقُطْنُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَقَدْ تَبَدَّدَتْ سَبَأٌ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ إِلاَّ قَلِيلٌ بِمَأْرِبٍ فَصَالَحَ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى سَبْعِينَ حُلَّةِ بَزٍّ مِنْ قِيمَةِ وَفَاءِ بَزِّ الْمَعَافِرِ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ عَمَّنْ بَقِيَ مِنْ سَبَإٍ بِمَأْرِبَ فَلَمْ يَزَالُوا يُؤَدُّونَهَا حَتَّى قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَإِنَّ الْعُمَّالَ انْتَقَضُوا عَلَيْهِمْ بَعْدَ قَبْضِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيمَا صَالَحَ أَبْيَضُ بْنُ حَمَّالٍ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْحُلَلِ السَّبْعِينَ فَرَدَّ ذَلِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَى مَا وَضَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى مَاتَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ انْتَقَضَ ذَلِكَ وَصَارَتْ عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ  

[Machine] He spoke to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about charity when the delegation from Saba came to him. He said, "O brother of Saba, charity is necessary." He said, "We only planted cotton, O Messenger of Allah, but it has been destroyed. Only a few of us remain in Marib." The Prophet ﷺ reconciled with Abu Al-Hamal bin Hammal, offering him seventy robes of the best quality of Yemeni cloth every year, from the surplus of the blankets provided to the needy. This continued until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away.  

أَنَّهُ كَلَّمَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الصَّدَقَةِ حِينَ وَفِدَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَدِينَةَ فَقَالَ «يَا أَخَا سَبَأٍ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ» قَالَ إِنَّمَا زَرَعْنَا الْقُطْنَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَدْ تَبَدَّدَتْ سَبَأٌ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ بِمَأْرِبَ فَصَالَحَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ أَبْيَضَ بْنَ حَمَّالٍ عَلَى سَبْعِينَ حُلَّةً مِنْ أَوْفَى قِيمَةِ بَزِّ الْمَعَافِرِ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ عَمَّنْ بَقِيَ مِنْ سَبَأٍ بِمَأْرِبَ فَلَمْ يَزَالُوا يُؤَدُّونَهَا حَتَّى قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ