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Sunan an-Nasai 2515 — Teaching the Fast Charity
Wheat
Zakah of the Fast: Learn and Teach Sadaqatul-Fitr
Sunan an-Nasai : 2515
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 2515
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، خَطَبَ بِالْبَصْرَةِ فَقَالَ أَدُّوا زَكَاةَ صَوْمِكُمْ . فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَنْظُرُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ فَقَالَ مَنْ هَا هُنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ قُومُوا إِلَى إِخْوَانِكُمْ فَعَلِّمُوهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَرَضَ صَدَقَةَ الْفِطْرِ عَلَى الصَّغِيرِ وَالْكَبِيرِ وَالْحُرِّ وَالْعَبْدِ وَالذَّكَرِ وَالأُنْثَى نِصْفَ صَاعِ بُرٍّ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ شَعِيرٍ . قَالَ الْحَسَنُ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَمَّا إِذَا أَوْسَعَ اللَّهُ فَأَوْسِعُوا أَعْطُوا صَاعًا مِنْ بُرٍّ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ .
Al-Hasan Narrated from:
Ibn 'Abbas delivered a Khutbah in Al-Basrah and said: "Give Zakah of your fast." The people started looking at one another. So he said: "Whoever is here of the people of Al-Madinah, get up and teach your brothers, for they do not know that the Messenger of Allah has enjoined Salaqatul Fitr upon young and old, free and slave, male and female; half a Sa' of wheat or a Sa' of dates or barely." Al_Hasan said: 'If Allah has given you more, then give more generously of wheat or something else."'
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2515In-book reference : Book 23, Hadith 81English translation : Vol. 3, Book 23, Hadith 2517
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 2515
This narration shows Ibn Abbas addressing people in Basrah and telling them to give the Zakah of their fast. When they looked at one another, he asked the people of Madinah to teach their brothers because they did not know. The report says the Messenger of Allah enjoined Sadaqatul Fitr upon young and old, free and slave, male and female. The amount mentioned is half a Sa of wheat or one Sa of dates or barley. The narration also records Al-Hasan mentioning a statement about giving more generously if Allah has given more. For searches like Zakah of the fast, Ibn Abbas Basrah khutbah, and Zakatul Fitr half Sa wheat, this Hadith links knowledge, teaching, and the stated measures.
What we learn from this hadith
- People may need to be taught the details of Sadaqatul Fitr.
- The narration includes young and old, free and slave, male and female.
- The stated measures include half a Sa of wheat or one Sa of dates or barley.
- The text includes a call to give more generously when able.
