Sunan ad-Darimi — Hadith #54486

Al-Hakam bin Musa told us, Yahya bin Hamza told us, on the authority of Suleiman bin Dawud Al-Khawlani, on the authority of Al-Zuhri, on the authority of Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin Amr bin Hazm, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather, that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, wrote to the people of Yemen with Amr bin Firmness :" In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, from Muhammad the Prophet to Sharhabeel bin Abd Kulal, Al-Harith bin Abd Kulal, and Nu’aym bin Abd Kulal, in Forty sheep is one sheep until it reaches the age of one hundred and twenty. If it exceeds one hundred and twenty, then it is two sheep until it reaches the age of one hundred and twenty. Two hundred, and if you add one, then three in it until it reaches three hundred, and beyond that, then in every hundred sheep there is a sheep.” Bishr bin Al-Hikam, Abdul Razzaq told us, Muammar told us, on the authority of Abdullah bin Abi Bakr bin Muhammad bin Amr bin Hazm, on the authority of his father, From his grandfather, The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, wrote a letter for them and mentioned something similar to it.