Sa’ib bin Yazid narrates: I have accompanied Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him), after which he mentioned something, then he also stated: One day he heard Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“(For the purpose of collecting zakat or to avoid zakat) joint wealth should not be separated, nor should separate wealth be combined, and two partners are those who share a watering place, a shepherd, and (an animal given for mating purposes).”

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no zakat due on the musheerah (i.e., the cow that is used for plowing)."

Ibn Jurayj narrates: I asked Ata about those people who are partners with each other and have forty goats, so is the payment of one goat obligatory on all of them? I asked: If one of them has 39 goats and the other has one goat? He replied the same: "The payment of one goat will be obligatory on both of them."

Humaid bin Hilal narrates: A person came to Hasan al-Basri with a scroll in which various issues were written. He asked him about this scroll, and Hasan did not find any mistake in those issues. However, when the issue came that forty goats are jointly owned by two people, he said: "Both of them are required to pay one goat."

Sayyiduna Suwaid bin Ghaflah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A person who collected zakat on behalf of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to us. I sat beside him. The narrator says: I heard him saying that I have been instructed: "I should not take any animal that is giving milk, and (while collecting zakat) separate property should not be combined, nor should combined property be separated." The narrator says: A man brought a she-camel with a high hump to him and said, "You may take this." He refused to accept it.

Sayyiduna Suwaid bin Ghaflah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A person who collected zakat on behalf of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us. I sat with him and asked him, "What is written in your document?" He replied, "I will not combine separate property nor separate combined property." The narrator says: Then a man brought to him a she-camel with a high hump, but he refused to accept it.

Sayyiduna Suwaid bin Ghaflah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A person who was a collector of zakat on behalf of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) came to us. The narrator says: I read in his written instructions that: "Separate wealth should not be combined, nor should combined wealth be separated, in order to avoid (paying or collecting) zakat." The narrator says: Then after that, a man came to him with a large she-camel, which was very beautiful and healthy, but he refused to accept the she-camel. He said: "If I take this from a Muslim's wealth, then what will I do in the presence of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)?" This narration is also transmitted with another chain, however, there is some difference in it.