Abd Allah ibn Salam, from Khuwayla, that the Messenger of Allah - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - said to me: "Let him feed sixty poor persons a wasq of dates." In the narration of Abu Dawud: "The 'araq is sixty sa's" (11). Ibn Majah (12) narrated with his chain of transmission from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - expiated with a sa' of dates, and commanded the people: "Whoever does not find [that], then half a sa' of wheat." Al-Athram narrated with his chain of transmission from Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: Feed on my behalf a sa' of dates or barley, or half a sa' of wheat (13). This is because it is feeding for the poor, so it is a sa' of dates and barley, or half a sa' of wheat, like Sadaqat al-Fitr. Our evidence is what Imam Ahmad narrated: Ismail narrated to us, Ayyub narrated to us, from Abu Yazid (14) al-Madani, who said: A woman from the tribe of Banu Bayada came with half a wasq of barley, and the Prophet - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - said to the one performing zihar (the muthahir): "Feed this, for two mudds of barley are in place of one mudd of wheat" (15). This is a textual proof (nass). It indicates that it is a mudd of wheat, as it is the statement of Zayd, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Umar, and Abu Hurayrah, and we do not know of any dissenter among the Companions (16); thus, it constitutes a consensus (ijma'). [It also indicates] (17) that it is half a sa' of dates or barley (18), based on what Ata' ibn Yasar narrated, that the Messenger of Allah - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - said to Khuwayla (19), the wife of Aws ibn al-Samit: "Go to so-and-so the Ansari, for he has half a wasq of dates, and he informed me that he wishes to give it in charity, so take it, and let him give it in charity to sixty poor persons" (20). And in the hadith of Aws ibn al-Samit, that...
(11) The hadith of Khuwayla, its authentication preceded on page 54, from other than al-Khallal. (12) In: The Chapter on How Much to Feed in the Expiation for an Oath, from the Book of Expiations. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/682. (13) Extracted by Abd al-Razzaq, in: The Chapter on Feeding Ten Poor Persons or Clothing Them, from the Book of Oaths and Vows. Al-Musannaf 8/507. (14) In (B): "Zayd". Its correction preceded in 4/383. (15) Its authentication preceded in 4/383, and remove "al-musnad" from it. (16) In the original: "mukhalafa" (dissent). (17) In (A), (B), and (M): "wa 'ala" (and on). (18) In the original, (B), and (M): "wa al-sha'ir" (and the barley). (19) In the copies: "li-Khawla" (to Khawla). (20) Extracted by al-Bayhaqi, in: The Chapter on Who Should Pay the Expiation via Feeding, from the Book of Zihar. Al-Sunan al-Kubra 7/389, 390. And Sa'id ibn Mansur, in: The Chapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding Zihar, from the Book of Divorce. Al-Sunan 2/15.
