Mishkat al-Masabih 1729

Tawus told that a waqs of cattle was brought to Muadh ibn Jabal and he said the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not command him to pay anything on them. Daraqutni and Shafi transmitted it, the latter saying that a waqs is a number less than that on which sadaqa is payable. * * The word waqs or waqas is applied to odd numbers of animals (usually cattle) between one limit of assessment and the next.