Hadith #458
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْفَرَّاءُ عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي سَرْحٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ كُنَّا نُخْرِجُ صَدَقَةَ الْفِطْرِ إِذْ كَانَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَاعًا مِنْ طَعَامٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ
صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ زَبِيبٍ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ أَقِطٍ فَلَمْ نَزَلْ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْفَرَّاءُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عِيَاضَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي سَرْحٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ يَقُولُ كُنَّا نُخْرِجُ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ
Isnad Chain
وكيع
داود بن قيس الفراء
أبو سعيد الخدري
English Translation
Waki' narrated to us, Dawud ibn Qays al-Farra' narrated to us, from 'Iyad ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Sarh, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) who said: We used to give zakah al-fitr when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was among us: a sa' of food, or a sa' of dates, or a sa' of barley, or a sa' of raisins, or a sa' of dried cottage cheese. We continued to do so until Mu'awiyah came for Hajj or 'Umrah and spoke to the people on the minbar. Among what he said to the people was: "I see that two mudds of the wheat of Sham equals a sa' of dates." So the people adopted that. Abu Sa'id said: "As for me, I will continue to give it as I used to give it."
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 24, Hadith 458
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 11496
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-47886