it is attributed to [Kathir ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn 'Awf al-Muzani], from his father, from his grandfather. It was also narrated by al-Darawardi, from Rabi'ah ibn al-Harith ibn Bilal ibn al-Harith al-Muzani, that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) took from him the zakat of the Qabaliyya mines. Abu 'Ubayd said: Al-Qabaliyya is a well-known region in the Hijaz. Furthermore, since it is a right that is forbidden for the wealthy among the relatives of the Prophet, it is a zakat, like the mandatory payment on currency that was owned by him. Their first hadith does not address the point of contention; for the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) only mentioned that in response to a question about a lost item (luqatah), and this is not a lost item, nor does it bear its name, so it cannot be applicable to the point of contention. The second hadith is narrated by 'Abd Allah ibn Sa'id, and he is weak. The rest of their hadiths are not known to be authentic, nor are they mentioned in the Musnad collections or standard compilations. Moreover, their literal meaning is abandoned, for this is not what is referred to as rikaz. As for the suyub, it is the rikaz, because it is derived from the term al-sayb, which is a generous gift.

Third section, on the threshold (nisab) of the mine. It is what reaches twenty mithqals of gold, or two hundred dirhams of silver, or the equivalent value of either of them. This is the school of al-Shafi'i. Abu Hanifa made the fifth mandatory on both small and large amounts without considering a threshold (nisab), based on the view that it is rikaz, due to the generality of the hadiths they used as evidence, and because it does not have a...