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Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz wrote to his governor in Damascus about zakat saying, "Zakat is paid on the produce of ploughed land, on gold and silver, and on livestock." Malik said, "Zakat is only paid on three things:the produce of ploughed land, gold and silver, and livestock

وحدثني عن مالك، انه بلغه : ان عمر بن عبد العزيز، كتب الى عامله على دمشق في الصدقة : انما الصدقة في الحرث والعين والماشية . قال مالك : ولا تكون الصدقة الا في ثلاثة اشياء : في الحرث والعين والماشية