عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ - رضي اللَّه عنهمَا - قَالَ: «فَرَضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَكَاةَ الفِطْرِ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ، أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ، عَلَى العَبْدِ وَالحُرِّ، وَالذَّكَرِ وَالأُنْثَى، وَالصَّغِيرِ وَالكَبِيرِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَأَمَرَ بِهَا أَنْ تُؤَدَّى قَبْلَ خُرُوجِ النَّاسِ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ».
‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar narrated that
1. God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) made Zakat al-Fiṭr at the end of Ramadan obligatory on people: 2. one ṣā‘ of dates, or one ṣā‘ of barley 3. for every Muslim, whether a free person or slave, male or female, young or old. 4. He ordered that it should be paid before people go out to join the [Eid] Prayer.
Related by al-Bukhari, 1507; Muslim, 984.
Abu ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Nufayl belonged to the ‘Adiy branch of the Quraysh. He embraced Islam when he was young. At the time of the Battle of Uḥud, he was too young to fight. His first military effort was the Encounter of the Moat, i.e. al-Khandaq. He also participated in the pledge under the tree. He narrated much useful information and numerous hadiths from the Prophet, and issued many fatwas. He died in Year 74 AH 694 CE.
