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676. Ibn 'Umar narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ made Sadaqatul-Fitr of Ramaḍān an obligation – a Ṣā' of dried dates or a Ṣā' of barley – required upon every free person and slave, male and female among the Muslims." (Ṣaḥīh)
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Ibn 'Umar is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīh Hadīth. Mālik reported the Hadīth on this topic from Nāfi', from Ibn 'Umar, from the Prophet ﷺ, and he added in it: "among the Muslims" while others reported it from Nāfi' and they did not mention "among the Muslims" in it. The people of knowledge differ over this, some of them say that when a man has some non-Muslim slaves then he does not pay Sadaqatul-Fitr on their behalf. This is the opinion of Mālik, Ash-Shāfi'i, and Aḥmad. Some of them said that he pays it on their behalf even if they are not Muslims, and this is the saying of Sufyān Ath-Thawri, Ibn Al-Mubārak and Ishāq.
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Commentary
In the opinion of the majority of scholars, Islam is a condition for paying Sadaqatul-Fitr, Therefore, it is due only from a Muslim. It is not necessary to pay Sadaqatul-Fitr on behalf of a non-Muslim slave, but it is compulsory according to 'Aṭā, An-Nakha'i, Ath-Thawri and the Aḥnaf. (Faṭh Al-Bār: 3/467)
