Discussion of Zakat al-Fitr: And clarification of its ruling and from which type it is paid.

The Shaykh : Zakat al-Fitr, first, its ruling is obligatory, based on the statement of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father):
Second: From which type is it paid? It is paid from food, and it is not restricted to dates and barley. This is because Ibn 'Umar's statement of "a sa' of dates or a sa' of barley" was based on the fact that the majority of the staple food at that time was dates and barley. For this reason, Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Wheat was only present in the time of the Messenger in small quantities. Therefore, one pays a sa' of food. If we were in a country where their food is meat, or fish meat, one would pay from fish meat, because it is a sa' of food.