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Content of this page is taken from http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/
Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 15:
Obligatory Charity Tax After
Ramadaan (Zakat ul Fitr)
Volume 2, Book 25,
Number 579:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
Allah's Apostle enjoined the payment of one Sa'
of dates or one Sa' of barley as Zakat-ul-Fitr on
every Muslim slave or free, male or female, young
or old, and he ordered that it be paid before the
people went out to offer the 'Id prayer. (One Sa'
= 3 Kilograms approx.)
Volume 2, Book 25, Number
580:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle made it incumbent on all the
slave or free Muslims, male or female, to pay one
Sa' of dates or barley as Zakat-ul-Fitr.
Volume 2, Book 25, Number
581:
Narrated Abu Said:
We used to give one Sa' of barley as
Sadaqatul-Fitr (per head).
Volume 2, Book 25, Number
582:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
We used to give one Sa' of meal or one Sa' of
barley or one Sa' of dates, or one Sa' of cottage
cheese or one Sa' of Raisins (dried grapes) as
Zakat-ul-Fitr.
Volume 2, Book 25, Number
583:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar
The Prophet ordered (Muslims) to give one Sa'
of dates or one Sa' of barley as Zakat-ul-Fitr.
The people rewarded two Mudds of wheat as equal to
that.
Volume 2, Book 25, Number
584:
Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri:
In the life-time of the Prophet we used to give
one Sa' of food or one Sa' of dates or one Sa' of
barley or one Sa' of Raisins (dried grapes) as
Sadaqat-ul-Fitr. And when Muawiya became the
Caliph and the wheat was (available in abundance)
he said, "I think (observe) that one Mudd (of
wheat) equals two Mudds (of any of the above
mentioned things).
Volume 2, Book 25, Number
585:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet ordered the people to pay
Zakat-ul-Fitr before going to the 'Id prayer.
Volume 2, Book 25, Number
586:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
In the life-time of Allah's Apostle , we used
to give one Sa' of food (edible things) as
Sadaqat-ul-Fit,r (to the poor). Our food used to
be either of barley, raisins (dried grapes),
cottage cheese or dates.
Volume 2, Book 25, Number
587:
Narrated Nafi':
Ibn 'Umar said, "The Prophet made
incumbent on every male or female, free man or
slave, the payment of one Sa' of dates or barley
as Sadaqat-ul-Fitr (or said Sadaqa-Ramadan)."
The people then substituted half Sa' of wheat for
that. Ibn 'Umar used to give dates (as
Sadaqat-ulFitr). Once there was scarcity of dates
in Medina and Ibn 'Umar gave barley. 'And Ibn 'Umar
used to give Sadaqat-ul-Fitr for every young and
old person. He even used to give on behalf of my
children. Ibn 'Umar used to give Sadaqatul-Fitr to
those who had been officially appointed for its
collection. People used to give Sadaqat-ul-Fitr
(even) a day or two before the 'Id.
Volume 2, Book 25, Number
588:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle has made Sadaqatul-Fitr
obligatory, (and it was), either one Sa' of barley
or one Sa' of dates (and its payment was
obligatory) on young and old people, and on free
men as well as on slaves.
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