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tabarani:613[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Shaʿtham b. Aṣīl [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. Zuhayr al-Tustarī > Zayd b. Akhzam > Muḥammad b. Bakr al-Bursānī > ʿUmar b. Aṣbahān > al-Zuhrī > Mālik b. Aws b. al-Ḥadathān from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give the Sadaqat al-Fitr of one Sa' (a measurement) of food." At that time, our food consisted of wheat, dates, and raisins. This is the statement of Zaid bin Akhzam, and Shaathim said, "Our food at that time was dates, raisins, and barley."  

الطبراني:٦١٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا شَعْثَمُ بْنُ أَصِيلٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَخْزَمَ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ الْبُرْسَانِيُّ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ أَصْبَهَانَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَوْسِ بْنِ الْحَدَثَانِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَخْرِجُوا صَدَقَةَ الْفِطْرِ صَاعًا مِنْ طَعَامٍ» وَكَانَ طَعَامُنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ الْبُرَّ وَالتَّمْرَ وَالزَّبِيبَ هَذَا لَفْظُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَخْزَمَ وَقَالَ شَعْثَمٌ «وَكَانَ طَعَامُنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ التَّمْرَ وَالزَّبِيبَ وَالْأَقِطَ»