It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made Sadaqat al-Fitr obligatory, as one sa' of dates or one sa' of wheat, on every free person, slave, male and female among the Muslims.

When Sadaqat al-Fitr was mentioned in the presence of Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "I will give (as Sadaqat al-Fitr) only what I used to give in the blessed time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): one sa' of dates, or one sa' of wheat, or one sa' of barley, or one sa' of dried cheese (aqit)." A man from the gathering said to him: "Or two mudd (of wheat)?" He replied: "No, that is the valuation set by Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him); I will neither accept it nor act upon it." The chains that I have presented earlier regarding the sa' of wheat are all sahih, and the most famous of them is the hadith of Abu Ma'shar, which he narrated from Nafi' from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), for which we obtained a high chain; but I did not record it here because it was not on the condition of this book (al-Mustadrak).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding Sadaqat al-Fitr: "On behalf of every young and old, free and slave, (let there be given) one sa' of wheat or one sa' of dates." Thus this narration has been reported from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) as marfu' (as a saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him), whereas other narrators have reported it as mawquf (as Sayyiduna Ali's own statement).

It is narrated from al-Harith that he heard Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) ordering Sadaqat al-Fitr, saying: "One sa' of dates, or one sa' of barley, or one sa' of wheat, or (hulless) barley, or one sa' of raisins (give these as Sadaqat al-Fitr)."

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed us in a sermon and said: "Whoever has food should give in charity one sa' of wheat, or one sa' of barley, or one sa' of dates, or one sa' of flour, or one sa' of raisins, or one sa' of (hulless) barley."

Sayyidah Asma' bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) they used to give Sadaqat al-Fitr with the mudd (measure) with which the household measured its food, or with the sa' with which they measured their grain, and all the people of Madinah used to do this. This hadith is sahih on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it; and this narration is the main proof in the debate between Imam Malik and Imam Abu Yusuf (on the quantity of the sa').

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who will guarantee me that he will not ask people for anything, and I will guarantee him Paradise?" Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I (give this guarantee)." So after that he would not ask anyone for anything. This hadith is sahih on the condition of Muslim, but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdurrahman bin Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Has any of you fed a poor person today?" Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I entered the mosque and found a beggar asking; I saw a piece of bread in Abdurrahman's hand, so I took it and gave it to that beggar." This hadith is sahih on the condition of Muslim, but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever asks of you by Allah, give to him; whoever seeks refuge with Allah, grant him refuge; whoever invites you, accept his invitation; and whoever does you a kindness, repay him. If you do not have anything with which to repay him, then pray for him (so much) that you are convinced you have repaid him." This hadith is sahih on the condition of the two Shaykhs; Abu Awanah, Jarir bin Abdul Hamid and Abdul Aziz bin Muslim al-Qasmali have corroborated this chain of Ammar bin Ruzayq from al-A'mash. All these chains, whose authenticity is agreed upon, cannot be declared defective on account of the narration of Muhammad bin Abi Ubaydah, which he reported from his father, from al-A'mash, from Ibrahim al-Taymi, from Mujahid.

Abu al-Abbas al-Mahbubi informed us of it; he said: Muhammad bin Isa al-Tarsusi narrated to us; he said: Muslim bin Ibrahim narrated to us, and Abu Awanah transmitted this narration to him. As for the hadith of Jarir, it is as follows: