Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26834

Ishaq bin Musa Al-Ansari narrated to us, Ma’an narrated to us, Malik narrated to us, on the authority of Nafi’, on the authority of Abdullah bin Omar, that the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, imposed Zakat al-Fitr of Ramadan is a saa’ of dates or a saa’ of barley for every Muslim free man or slave, male or female. Abu Issa said the hadith of Ibn Umar is a hasan and authentic hadith. Malik narrated on the authority of Nafi’ on the authority of Ibn Umar on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, similar to the hadith of Ayyub and added There are Muslims in it. More than one person narrated it on the authority of Nafi’, but no Muslims were mentioned in it. The people of knowledge differed on this matter. Some of them said: If a man has non-Muslim slaves, he should not pay the zakat al-fitr on their behalf. This is the view of Malik, Al-Shafi’i, and Ahmad. Some of them said that he will pay on their behalf, even if they are not Muslims. This is the saying of Al-Thawri, Ibn Al-Mubarak, and Ishaq.