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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