When the Messenger of Allah(May peace be upon him) lived among us, we use to bring forth zakat, on closing the fast of Ramadan one sa’ of grain or of cheese, or of barley, or of dried dates, or of raisens, payable by every young and old freeman and slave. We continued to pay this till mu-awayah came to perform Haj or Umra and he spoke to the people on the pulpit. What he said to the people was : I think that Mudds of the wheat of syrria is equivalent to one sa’ of dried dates. So the people adopted it. Abu sa’id said : But I continued to pay one sa’ of wheat as long as I lived on. Abu Dawud said : this tradition has also been transmitted by Abu sa’id through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. A man has narrated in this version from Ibn-Ulayyah one sa’ of wheat. But this version is not guarded. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1616)   

كُنَّا نُخْرِجُ إِذْ كَانَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَكَاةَ الْفِطْرِ عَنْ كُلِّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ حُرٍّ أَوْ مَمْلُوكٍ صَاعًا مِنْ طَعَامٍ صَاعًا مِنْ أَقِطٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ زَبِيبٍ فَلَمْ نَزَلْ نُخْرِجُهُ حَتَّى قَدِمَ مُعَاوِيَةُ حَاجًّا أَوْ مُعْتَمِرًا فَكَلَّمَ النَّاسَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَكَانَ فِيمَا كَلَّمَ بِهِ النَّاسَ أَنْ قَالَ إِنِّي أُرَى أَنَّ مُدَّيْنِ مِنْ سَمْرَاءِ الشَّامِ تَعْدِلُ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ فَأَخَذَ بِذَلِكَ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ فَأَمَّا أَنَا فَلَا أَزَالُ أُخْرِجُهُ كَمَا كُنْتُ أُخْرِجُهُ أَبَدًا مَا عِشْتُ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الرَّزَّازِ صَاعًا مِنْ طَعَامٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ أَقِطٍ  

[Machine] "I only distribute what I used to distribute during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , which is a Sa of dates, a Sa of wheat, a Sa of barley, or a Sa of dried yogurt. Then, a man from the people or a debter from the city brought him some wheat. He said, 'This is not the value of Muawiyah. I do not accept it nor do I deal with it, and likewise.'"  

لَا أُخْرِجُ إِلَّا مَا كُنْتُ أُخْرِجُ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ حِنْطَةٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ أَقِطٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَوْ مُدَّيْنِ مِنْ قَمْحٍ قَالَ لَا تِلْكَ قِيمَةُ مُعَاوِيَةَ لَا أَقْبَلُهَا وَلَا أَعْمَلُ بِهَا وَكَذَلِكَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prescribed the Zakat al-Fitr, which is a Sa'a of dates or a Sa'a of barley, upon every free man or slave, male or female, among the Muslims. This was narrated by Sa'id bin 'Abdul Rahman al-Jumahi, and the mention of barley in it is not preserved.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَضَ زَكَاةَ الْفِطْرِ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ بُرٍّ عَلَى كُلِّ حُرٍّ أَوْ عَبْدٍ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَذَا قَالَهُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجُمَحِيُّ وَذِكْرُ الْبُرِّ فِيهِ لَيْسَ بِمَحْفُوظٍ  

[Machine] That he heard Ali ibn Abi Talib commanding the payment of Zakat al-Fitr, saying it is a saa' (a specific measurement) of dates or a saa' of barley or a saa' of wheat or salt or raisins. This is a hadith of Abu Bakr and Abu Abdullah does not mention Uthman bin Abdullah in its chain of narration. It is narrated as marfu' (elevated) and the mawquf (stopped) narration is more authentic.  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ يَأْمُرُ بِزَكَاةِ الْفِطْرِ فَيَقُولُ هِيَ صَاعٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعٌ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ أَوْ صَاعٌ مِنْ حِنْطَةٍ أَوْ سلْتٍ أَوْ زَبِيبٍ هَذَا حَدِيثُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ عُتْبَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَرُوِيَ ذَلِكَ مَرْفُوعًا وَالْمَوْقُوفُ أَصَحُّ  

[Machine] I heard Ibn Abbas giving a sermon on the pulpit, and he was saying about the charity of Fitr: "A Saa' of food. This is the correct, established position."  

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ فِي صَدَقَةِ الْفِطْرِ صَاعًا مِنْ طَعَامٍ هَذَا هُوَ الصَّحِيحُ مَوْقُوفٌ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give a saa' of food, meaning in Ramadan."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَدُّوا صَاعًا مِنْ طَعَامٍ يَعْنِي فِي الْفِطْرِ  

[Machine] Ibn Zubayr wrote to us: "What a bad name is disobedience after belief." [Al-Hujurat 11] The Zakat al-Fitr is a saa.  

كَتَبَ إِلَيْنَا ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ {بِئْسَ الِاسْمُ الْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ الْإِيمَانِ} [الحجرات 11] صَدَقَةُ الْفِطْرِ صَاعٌ صَاعٌ  

[Machine] On the authority of Al-Hasan Al-Basri about the Zakat of Ramadan, regarding the one who fasts, the measure is a sa' of dates or a sa' of barley.  

عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الْبَصْرِيِّ فِي زَكَاةِ رَمَضَانَ عَلَى مَنْ صَامَ صَاعُ تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعُ بُرٍّ