Prophet and he had an instrument for branding in his hands and

was branding the camels of Zakat.

Bk. 25: Obligatory Charity Tax After Ramadaan (Zakat ul

Fitr)

2.579:

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.)

2.580:

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.

2.581:

Narrated Abu Sa`id: We used to give one Sa' of barley as

Sadaqat-ul-Fitr (per head).

2.582:

Narrated Abu Sa`id 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.

2.583:

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.

2.584:

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: In the lifetime 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).