Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1816
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ: كُنَّا نُخْرِجُ زَكَاةَ الْفِطْرِ صَاعًا مِنْ طَعَامٍ أَو صَاعا من شعير أَو صَاعا من تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مَنْ أَقِطٍ أَوْ صَاعًا من زبيب
Translation
Abu Said al-Khudri said: ‘We used to give zakat al-fitr as one saʿ of food, or one saʿ of barley, or one saʿ of dates, or one saʿ of dried curds, or one saʿ of raisins.’
Translation notes
The Arabic says ‘food’ without specifying grain; the English witness renders it as grain. The measure saʿ is retained without conversion.