Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2510
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، يَخْطُبُ عَلَى مِنْبَرِكُمْ - يَعْنِي مِنْبَرَ الْبَصْرَةِ - يَقُولُ صَدَقَةُ الْفِطْرِ صَاعٌ مِنْ طَعَامٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا أَثْبَتُ الثَّلاَثَةِ .
Translation
Qutaybah reported: Hammad narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Abu Raja, who said: I heard Ibn Abbas preaching from your pulpit—meaning the pulpit of Basra—saying: The sadaqat al-fitr is one sa of food. Abu Abd al-Rahman said: This is the most reliable of the three reports.
Translation notes
The source glosses the pulpit as that of Basra and includes al-Nasai assessment that this is the strongest of three reports.