This Hadith, therefore, indicates the absence of Zakah on that which cannot be measured (tawsiq), and it (the tawsiq) is a measure of capacity. Consequently, that which is measurable remains under the general rule, and the evidence for the absence of Zakah on anything other than that is what we have mentioned regarding the consideration of measurement by wasqs. It is narrated from Ali that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: "There is no charity on vegetables." From Aisha that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: "There is no charity on what the earth produces of greens." And from Musa ibn Talha, from his father, and from Anas, from the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), a similar statement. These were all narrated by al-Daraqutni (20). Al-Tirmidhi (21) narrated, with his chain of narration from Mu'adh, that he wrote to the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) asking him about vegetables, which are garden herbs (buqul), and he replied: "There is nothing upon them." He said: "Al-Hasan ibn Umarah narrates it, and he is weak; the sound view is that it is from Musa ibn Talha, from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), as a mursal narration." Musa ibn Talha said: "The report came from the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) regarding five things: barley, wheat, salt (a variety of barley), raisins, and dates; and whatever else the earth produces, there is no tithe upon it (22)." He also said: "Mu'adh did not take charity from greens (23)." Al-Athram narrated, with his chain of narration, that a tax collector (amil) of Umar wrote to him regarding vineyards in which there were peaches (farsik) (24) and pomegranates that were many times more profitable than the vineyards. Umar wrote back: "There is no tithe upon them; they are from the thorny trees (idhaah) (25)."

Section: There is nothing upon that which grows from permitted (mubah) resources that cannot be owned except by seizing it, such as terebinth (butm) (26), oak galls (afas) (27), za'bal (which is mountain barley), psyllium seeds (bizr qatuna) (28), purslane seeds, and the grains of...