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673. Abū Sa‘eed Al-Khudrī narrated: “We would give Zakāt Al-Fitr – when the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was among us – as a Ṣā’ of food, or a Ṣā’ of barley, or a Ṣā’ of dried dates, or a Ṣā’ of raisins, or a Ṣā’ of cheese. So we did not stop paying it (like that) until Mu‘āwiyah arrived in Al-Madinah and talked (about it). Among the things he addressed the people with, he said: ‘I see that two Mudd of the wheat of Ash-Shām are equal to a Ṣā’ of dried dates.’ So the people followed that.” Abū Sa‘eed said: “I will not stop giving it in the manner that I had been giving it.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ. This is acted upon according to some of the people of knowledge, they hold the view that it is a Ṣā' in all cases. This is the saying of Ash-Shāfi'ī, Aḥmad, and Ishāq. Some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others said that it is a Ṣā' for everything except for wheat, in which case half of a Ṣā' is allowed. This is the saying of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Ibn Al-Mubārak and the people of Al-Kūfah, they hold the view that it is half of a Ṣā' for wheat.
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Commentary
Three A'immah, Mālik, Shāfi'ī and Aḥmad said, Ṣadaqatul-Fitr is due from any person who has at home the food of the morning and evening, but in the view of Imām Abū Hanīfah Ṣadaqatul-Fitr is due from a person who owns enough on which Zakāt is due, if he does not own property or wealth on which Zakāt is due, then Ṣadaqatul-Fitr is not due from him.
