those among the scholars whose opinions we have memorized have agreed that there is no charity due from a dhimmi on behalf of his Muslim slave, because of his (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saying: "From among the Muslims." Also, because he is a disbeliever, the fitrah is not obligatory upon him, just as with all other disbelievers; and because the fitrah is a zakah, it is not obligatory upon the disbeliever, just like the zakah on wealth. Our argument is that the slave is a subject for purification, so it is required that the fitrah be paid on his behalf, just as if his master were a Muslim. His statement "from among the Muslims" could imply the one on whose behalf it is paid, proved by the fact that if a Muslim had a disbelieving slave, his fitrah would not be obligatory. Furthermore, he mentioned in the hadith every slave and minor, which indicates that he intended the person on whose behalf the payment is made, not the person who pays it. The companions of al-Shafi'i have two views on this, similar to the (two) schools of thought.

467 - Issue: He said: "(A sa' according to the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), which is five ratls and a third.)"

The summary of this is that the amount required for Sadaqat al-Fitr is one sa' for every person; less than that does not suffice from any of the types of items paid. This is the opinion of Malik, al-Shafi'i, and Ishaq. It is also narrated from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, al-Hasan, and Abu al-'Aliyah. It is narrated from Uthman ibn 'Affan, Ibn al-Zubayr, and Mu'awiyah that half a sa' of wheat specifically suffices. This is the school of Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, 'Ata', Tawus, Mujahid, 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, [Urwah ibn al-Zubayr] (1), Abu Salamah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, Sa'id ibn Jubayr, and the People of Opinion. There is a difference in narration from 'Ali, Ibn 'Abbas, and al-Sha'bi; sometimes a sa' is reported, and sometimes half a sa' is reported. Regarding Abu Hanifah, there are two narrations concerning raisins: one is a sa', and the other is half a sa'. They argued using what Tha'labah ibn Abi (2) Su'ayr narrated from his father, from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).