Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1755
حَدَّثَنَا جُبَارَةُ بْنُ الْمُغَلِّسِ، حَدَّثَنَا مِنْدَلُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ صُهْبَانَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ لاَ يَغْدُو يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ حَتَّى يُغَدِّيَ أَصْحَابَهُ مِنْ صَدَقَةِ الْفِطْرِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Jubarah ibn al-Mughallis narrated to us; Mindal ibn Ali narrated to us; Umar ibn Suhban narrated to us, from Nafi‘, from Ibn Umar, who said: On the Day of al-Fitr, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not set out in the morning until he had given his companions a meal from the sadaqat al-fitr.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Sadaqat al-fitr is retained as a religious term; the wording does not explain how the meal was provided from it.
قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ لاَ يَغْدُو يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ حَتَّى يُغَدِّيَ أَصْحَابَهُ مِنْ صَدَقَةِ الْفِطْرِ .
The wording says he fed his companions from sadaqat al-fitr, but does not specify whether this means food purchased from its proceeds or another arrangement.
How should ‘from sadaqat al-fitr’ be understood in relation to the meal?