hadith
1028
۞
The zakat al-fitr is obligatory for every man – he must pay it on behalf of himself and on behalf of his dependants, from the young to the old, the free and the slave, the male and the female. [He should pay] one sa`a of dates, or one sa`a of wheat, or one sa`a of barley – and the best of that is dates. One sa`a is four mudds, and one mudd is the weight of two hundred and ninety-two and a half silver coins. That is one thousand and one hundred and seventy silver coins in Iraq. There is no problem paying its value in silver or in paper. There is no problem with a person paying on his behalf and on behalf of his dependants to one person [who needs it]. It is not permissible to pay two people what can only suffice one person. There is no problem with paying the fitr from the first of the month of Ramadan till its end. It is a zakat until he prays on Eid. If he gives it after the prayer, then it is a sadaqa. The best time [to give it] is the last day of the month of Ramadan. Whoever has a Muslim or dhimmi slave should pay the fitr on his behalf. Whoever gives birth to a newborn on the day of Fitr before the zawal should pay the fitr on his behalf; but if he is born after the zawal, then there is no fitr incumbent upon him. It is the same if a man converts to Islam before the zawal and afterward.
وزكاة الفطرة واجبة تجب على الرجل أن يخرجها عن نفسه وعن كل من يعول من صغير وكبير وحر وعبد وذكر وأنثى، صاعا من تمر، أو صاعا من زبيب، أو صاعا من بر، أو صاعا من شعير، وأفضل ذلك التمر، والصاع أربعة أمداد، والمد وزن مائتين واثنين وتسعين درهما ونصف، يكون ذلك ألف ومائة وسبعون درهما بالعراقي (1)، ولا بأس بأن يدفع قيمته ذهبا أو ورقا، ولا بأس بأن يدفع عن نفسه وعن من يعول إلى واحد، ولا يجوز أن يدفع ما يلزم واحدا إلى نفسين، ولا بأس بإخراج الفطرة في أول يوم من شهر رمضان إلى آخره، وهي زكاة إلى أن يصلي العيد، فإن أخرجها بعد الصلاة فهي صدقة، وأفضل وقتها آخر يوم من شهر رمضان، ومن كان له مملوك مسلم أو ذمي فليدفع عنه الفطرة، ومن ولد له مولود يوم الفطر قبل الزوال فليدفع عنه الفطرة، وإن ولد بعد الزوال فلا فطرة عليه، وكذلك إذا أسلم الرجل قبل الزوال وبعده، فعلى هذا.
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