and raisins, wheat, and barley." It is narrated from Musa ibn Talha, from Umar, that he said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) only legislated Zakah on these four: wheat, barley, dates, and raisins. From Abu Burdah, from Abu Musa and Mu'adh, that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) sent them to Yemen to teach the people the affairs of their religion, and he commanded them not to take charity (Sadaqah) except from these four: wheat, barley, dates, and raisins. All of these were narrated by al-Daraqutni (16). Furthermore, there is neither text nor consensus regarding anything other than these four, nor is there anything analogous to them in terms of the predominance of being a staple food, the abundance of their utility, and their availability; thus, it is not valid to apply analogy to them or append them to them, and so it remains upon the original presumption. Abu Hanifah said: Zakah is obligatory on everything whose cultivation is intended for the growth of the earth, except for firewood, reeds, and grass, based on his saying (may Allah bless him and grant him peace): "On what is watered by the sky is the tithe" (17). This is general, and because the cultivation of this is intended for the growth of the earth, it resembles grain. The reasoning of al-Khiraqi is that the generality of his saying (may Allah bless him and grant him peace): "On what is watered by the sky is the tithe," and his saying (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) to Mu'adh: "Take the grain from the grain" (18), requires the obligation of Zakah on everything it covers, excluding that which is not measured, and that which is not grain, by the implication (mafhum) of his saying (may Allah bless him and grant him peace): "There is no charity on grain or dates until it reaches five wasqs." Narrated by Muslim and al-Nasa'i (19).