Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1829
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْفَرَّاءِ، عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي سَرْحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ كُنَّا نُخْرِجُ زَكَاةَ الْفِطْرِ إِذْ كَانَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ صَاعًا مِنْ طَعَامٍ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ صَاعًا مِنْ أَقِطٍ صَاعًا مِنْ زَبِيبٍ فَلَمْ نَزَلْ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَكَانَ فِيمَا كَلَّمَ بِهِ النَّاسَ أَنْ قَالَ لاَ أُرَى مُدَّيْنِ مِنْ سَمْرَاءِ الشَّامِ إِلاَّ تَعْدِلُ صَاعًا مِنْ هَذَا . فَأَخَذَ النَّاسُ بِذَلِكَ . قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ لاَ أَزَالُ أُخْرِجُهُ كَمَا كُنْتُ أُخْرِجُهُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَبَدًا مَا عِشْتُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Waki‘ narrated to us, from Dawud ibn Qays al-Farra’, from Iyad ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Sarh, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, who said: While the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was among us, we used to give zakah al-fitr: one sa‘ of food, one sa‘ of dates, one sa‘ of barley, one sa‘ of aqit, or one sa‘ of raisins. We continued doing that until Mu‘awiyah came to Medina. Among the things he said to the people was: ‘I think that two mudd of dark Syrian wheat equal one sa‘ of this.’ The people adopted that. Abu Sa‘id said: ‘I will continue giving it as I used to give it in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), for as long as I live.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Sa‘ and mudd are retained as traditional measures. Aqit is retained as the source’s food term; no modern food equivalent is supplied.