Hasan al-Basri narrates: When Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was the governor of Basra, he said at the end of Ramadan: Pay the zakat of your fasts (Sadaqat al-Fitr). The narrator states: People began to look at each other, so Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Who among you are from the people of Madinah? Let them stand up! And inform their companions about this, because these people do not know that this is the payment which the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made obligatory upon every male and female, free and slave, which is one sa’ of barley or one sa’ of dates, or half a sa’ of wheat.