Sunan Abi Dawud

Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai' Wal-Imarah) — Hadith #3047

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Sunan Abi Dawud:Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai' Wal-Imarah):Hadith 3047
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ حَرْبِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمَعْنَاهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ خَرَاجٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ مَكَانَ ‏"‏ الْعُشُورُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Harb bin ‘Ubaid Allah from the Prophet (ﷺ) to the same effect through a different chain of narrators. This version has the word kharaj(land tax) instead of ‘ushr (tithes).

Chain of Narration (Isnad)
Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar محمد بن بشار بندار → Abdur Rahman bin Mahdi عبد الرحمن بن مهدي → Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري → Ata' bin Abi Rabah عطاء بن أبي رباح

Chain Family Tree

4 narrators from originator to compiler

Hadith Grading

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Traditional grade: Daif