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.
He does not desire that you be afflicted with hardship. You are, however, required to complete the necessary number of days and to extol and glorify God for having guided you aright.
(2: 185)
Take a portion of their money as charity, so that you may cleanse and purify them thereby.
(9: 103)
[Believers are those] who give a due share of their possessions (24) to the one who asks [for help] and the one who is deprived .
(69: 24-25)
