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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Giving half a sa' of wheat as zakat al-fitr

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is mentioned in the hadith of Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan that it is sufficient to give half a sa' of wheat, and the hadith is authentic. However, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri objected to it. What is the correct position on this?

Answer:
The correct position is what Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said. He said: We used to give it in the time of the slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). A sa' of dates. A sa' of
barley, one Sa ofمن شعير. صاعا من
Sunan Ibn Majah 1829Sahih (Darussalam)
raisins. A sa' of barley. The correct position is what Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said, not what Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) held. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 034 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الزكاة / زكاة الفطر / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:13:53)

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