Obligatory Charity Tax After Ramadaan (Zakat ul Fitr)
Index

1. Revelation

2. Belief

3. Knowledge

4. Ablutions (Wudu')

5. Bathing (Ghusl)

6. Menstrual Periods

7. Rubbing hands and feet with dust (Tayammum)

8. Prayers (Salat)

9. Virtues of the Prayer Hall (Sutra of the Musalla)

10. Times of the Prayers

11. Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

12. Characteristics of Prayer

13. Friday Prayer

14. Fear Prayer

15. The Two Festivals (Eids)

16. Witr Prayer

17. Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa)

18. Eclipses

19. Prostration During Recital of Qur'an

20. Shortening the Prayers (At-Taqseer)

21. Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

22. Actions while Praying

23. Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

24. Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

25. Obligatory Charity Tax After Ramadaan (Zakat ul Fitr)

26. Pilgrimmage (Hajj)

27. Minor Pilgrammage (Umra)

28. Pilgrims Prevented from Completing the Pilgrimmage

29. Penalty of Hunting while on Pilgrimmage

30. Virtues of Madinah

31. Fasting

32. Praying at Night in Ramadaan (Taraweeh)

33. Retiring to a Mosque for Remembrance of Allah (I'tikaf)

34. Sales and Trade

35. Sales in which a Price is paid for Goods to be Delivered Later (As-Salam)

36. Hiring

37. Transferance of a Debt from One Person to Another (Al-Hawaala)

38. Representation, Authorization, Business by Proxy

39. Agriculture

40. Distribution of Water

41. Loans, Payment of Loans, Freezing of Property, Bankruptcy

42. Lost Things Picked up by Someone (Luqaata)

43. Oppressions

44. Partnership

45. Mortgaging

46. Manumission of Slaves

47. Gifts

48. Witnesses

49. Peacemaking

50. Conditions

51. Wills and Testaments (Wasaayaa)

52. Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad)

53. One-fifth of Booty to the Cause of Allah (Khumus)

54. Beginning of Creation

55. Prophets

56. Virtues and Merits of the Prophet (pbuh) and his Companions

57. Companions of the Prophet

58. Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar)

59. Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)

60. Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh))

61. Virtues of the Qur'an

62. Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah)

63. Divorce

64. Supporting the Family

65. Food, Meals

66. Sacrifice on Occasion of Birth (`Aqiqa)

67. Hunting, Slaughtering

68. Al-Adha Festival Sacrifice (Adaahi)

69. Drinks

70. Patients

71. Medicine

72. Dress

73. Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

74. Asking Permission

75. Invocations

76. To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)

77. Divine Will (Al-Qadar)

78. Oaths and Vows

79. Expiation for Unfulfilled Oaths

80. Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id)

81. Limits and Punishments set by Allah (Hudood)

82. Punishment of Disbelievers at War with Allah and His Apostle

83. Blood Money (Ad-Diyat)

84. Dealing with Apostates

85. Saying Something under Compulsion (Ikraah)

86. Tricks

87. Interpretation of Dreams

88. Afflictions and the End of the World

89. Judgments (Ahkaam)

90. Wishes

91. Accepting Information Given by a Truthful Person

92. Holding Fast to the Qur'an and Sunnah

93. ONENESS, UNIQUENESS OF ALLAH (TAWHEED)

Obligatory Charity Tax After Ramadaan (Zakat ul Fitr)

Volume 2, Book 25, Number 579: Narrated Ibn Umar: Allah's Apostle 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.) Volume 2, Book 25, Number 580: Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Allah's Apostle made it incumbent on all the slave or free Muslims, male or female, to pay one Sa' of dates or barley as Zakat-ul-Fitr.

Volume 2, Book 25, Number 581: Narrated Abu Said: We used to give one Sa' of barley as Sadaqatul-Fitr (per head).

Volume 2, Book 25, Number 582: Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: We used to give one Sa' of meal or one Sa' of barley or one Sa' of dates, or one Sa' of cottage cheese or one Sa' of Raisins (dried grapes) as Zakat-ul-Fitr.

Volume 2, Book 25, Number 583: Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar The Prophet ordered (Muslims) to give one Sa' of dates or one Sa' of barley as Zakat-ul-Fitr. The people rewarded two Mudds of wheat as equal to that.

Volume 2, Book 25, Number 584: Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri: In the life-time of the Prophet we used to give one Sa' of food or one Sa' of dates or one Sa' of barley or one Sa' of Raisins (dried grapes) as Sadaqat-ul-Fitr. And when Muawiya became the Caliph and the wheat was (available in abundance) he said, "I think (observe) that one Mudd (of wheat) equals two Mudds (of any of the above mentioned things).

Volume 2, Book 25, Number 585: Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The Prophet ordered the people to pay Zakat-ul-Fitr before going to the 'Id prayer.

Volume 2, Book 25, Number 586: Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: In the life-time of Allah's Apostle , we used to give one Sa' of food (edible things) as Sadaqat-ul-Fit,r (to the poor). Our food used to be either of barley, raisins (dried grapes), cottage cheese or dates.

Volume 2, Book 25, Number 587: Narrated Nafi': Ibn 'Umar said, "The Prophet made incumbent on every male or female, free man or slave, the payment of one Sa' of dates or barley as Sadaqat-ul-Fitr (or said Sadaqa-Ramadan)." The people then substituted half Sa' of wheat for that. Ibn 'Umar used to give dates (as Sadaqat-ulFitr). Once there was scarcity of dates in Medina and Ibn 'Umar gave barley. 'And Ibn 'Umar used to give Sadaqat-ul-Fitr for every young and old person. He even used to give on behalf of my children. Ibn 'Umar used to give Sadaqatul-Fitr to those who had been officially appointed for its collection. People used to give Sadaqat-ul-Fitr (even) a day or two before the 'Id.

Volume 2, Book 25, Number 588: Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Allah's Apostle has made Sadaqatul-Fitr obligatory, (and it was), either one Sa' of barley or one Sa' of dates (and its payment was obligatory) on young and old people, and on free men as well as on slaves.

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