Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 2515

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، خَطَبَ بِالْبَصْرَةِ فَقَالَ أَدُّوا زَكَاةَ صَوْمِكُمْ ‏.‏ فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَنْظُرُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ فَقَالَ مَنْ هَا هُنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ قُومُوا إِلَى إِخْوَانِكُمْ فَعَلِّمُوهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَرَضَ صَدَقَةَ الْفِطْرِ عَلَى الصَّغِيرِ وَالْكَبِيرِ وَالْحُرِّ وَالْعَبْدِ وَالذَّكَرِ وَالأُنْثَى نِصْفَ صَاعِ بُرٍّ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ شَعِيرٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَمَّا إِذَا أَوْسَعَ اللَّهُ فَأَوْسِعُوا أَعْطُوا صَاعًا مِنْ بُرٍّ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ ‏.‏

Translation

Ali ibn Hujr reported: Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us: Humayd narrated to us, from al-Hasan, that Ibn Abbas preached in Basra and said: Pay the zakah of your fast. The people began looking at one another. He said: Those of you here who are from Madinah, go to your brothers and teach them, for they do not know. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prescribed the sadaqat al-fitr for the young and old, free and enslaved, male and female: half a sa of wheat, or one sa of dates or barley. Al-Hasan said: Ali said, As Allah has granted abundance, then be generous: give one sa of wheat or something else.

Translation notes
  • The source gives one version of the wheat measure in Ibn Abbas sermon and then separately reports Ali advice to give a full sa of wheat when there is abundance. These statements are kept distinct.