Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2513
أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، عَنْ وَكِيعٍ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ كُنَّا نُخْرِجُ صَدَقَةَ الْفِطْرِ إِذْ كَانَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَاعًا مِنْ طَعَامٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ أَقِطٍ فَلَمْ نَزَلْ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى قَدِمَ مُعَاوِيَةُ مِنَ الشَّامِ وَكَانَ فِيمَا عَلَّمَ النَّاسَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَا أَرَى مُدَّيْنِ مِنْ سَمْرَاءِ الشَّامِ إِلاَّ تَعْدِلُ صَاعًا مِنْ هَذَا . قَالَ فَأَخَذَ النَّاسُ بِذَلِكَ .
Hannad ibn al-Sari reported from Waki, from Dawud ibn Qays, from Iyad ibn Abd Allah, from Abu Saeed, who said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was among us, we used to give the sadaqat al-fitr as one sa of food, or one sa of dates, or one sa of barley, or one sa of aqit. We continued doing so until Muawiyah came from Syria. Among the things he taught the people was his saying: I think two mudd of Syrian wheat equal one sa of this. The people adopted that.
Translation notes
The report distinguishes the earlier practice from Muawiyah view and says the people adopted it. Aqit is a dried curd product; samra of Syria is rendered as Syrian wheat.