Zakat-ul-Fitr

Ahadith

Narrated Ibn Umar ( RadiAllah Anhu) Allah's Apostle (sal-Allahu-alleihi-wasallam) enjoined the payment of one Sa' of Dates or one Sa' of barley as Zakat-ul-Fitr on every Muslim slave or free, male or female, young or old, and he ordered that it be paid before the people went out
to offer the 'Id prayer. (One Sa' = 3 Kilograms approx.)

[Sahih Bukhari : Volume 2, Book 25 Zakat ul Fitr, Number 579]

Ibn 'Umar (Radi Allah Anhu) reported that the Messenger of Allah (sal-Allahu-alleihi-wasallam) ordered that the Sadaqat-ul-Fitr should be paid before the people go out for prayer.

[Sahih Muslim : Book 5 Kitab Al-Zakat, Number 2159]

Narrated Ibn 'Umar (Radi Allah Anhu): The Prophet (sal-Allahu-alleihi-wasallam) ordered the people to pay Zakat-ul-Fitr before going to the 'Id prayer.

[Sahih Bukhari : Volume 2, Book 25 Zakat ul Fitr, Number 585]