English Translation

'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi told us, saying: Mu'awiyah - meaning Ibn Salih - told me, from Rabi'ah ibn Yazid, who said: Qaza'ah told me: I came to Abu Sa'id while many people were around him, and when the people dispersed, I said, "I am not going to ask you what these people ask you about. I ask you about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." He said, "There is no good for you in that." But I repeated my request, so he said: "The noon prayer would be called, and one of us would go to al-Baqi', relieve himself, then come to his family and perform ablution, then return to the mosque while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was still in the first rak'ah." He said: I also asked him about zakat, and he said, "I do not know whether I am attributing this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or not: for two hundred dirhams, five dirhams; for forty sheep, one sheep, up to one hundred and twenty; if it increases by one, then two sheep, up to two hundred; if it increases, then three sheep, up to three hundred; if it increases, then for every hundred, one sheep. And for camels: for five, one sheep; for ten, two sheep; for fifteen, three sheep; for twenty, four sheep; for twenty-five, a one-year-old female camel, up to thirty-five; if it increases by one, then a two-year-old female camel, up to forty-five; if it increases by one, then a three-year-old female camel, up to sixty; if it increases by one, then a four-year-old female camel, up to seventy-five; if it increases by one, then two two-year-old female camels, up to ninety; if it increases by one, then two three-year-old female camels, up to one hundred and twenty; if it increases beyond that, then for every fifty, one three-year-old female camel, and for every forty, one two-year-old female camel." I also asked him about fasting while traveling, and he said, "We traveled with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to Mecca while we were fasting. We stopped at a place, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'You have drawn near to your enemy, and breaking the fast is stronger for you' - and it was a concession, so some of us fasted and some broke the fast. Then we stopped at another place, and he said, 'You will meet your enemy in the morning, and breaking the fast is stronger for you, so break your fast' - and this was a firm command, so we broke our fast." Then he said, "I have indeed seen us fasting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) after that while traveling."