charity, he said: "This is the charity that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) prescribed and ordered to be fulfilled." It also contained: "For twenty-five camels, there is a bint makhad (a one-year-old female camel); if there is no bint makhad, then an ibn labun (a two-year-old male camel)." This indicates that he intended the specific animal itself, due to his naming of it, and his statement: "If there is no bint makhad, [then an ibn labun]." (16) If he had intended the financial value or the price, it would not be valid; for twenty-five camels cannot be devoid of the financial value of a bint makhad. Likewise, his statement: "Then an ibn labun," for if he had intended the financial value, he would have been obligated to pay the value of a bint makhad, not the value of an ibn labun. Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah narrated with their chains of narration from Mu'adh (17) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent him to Yemen and said: "Take grain from grain, a sheep from sheep, a camel from camels, and cattle from cattle." Furthermore, Zakah was made obligatory to relieve the need of the poor and as an expression of gratitude for the blessing of wealth. Needs are diverse; therefore, the obligatory payment should be diverse so that the poor may receive from every type that which relieves their need, and the expression of gratitude for the blessing is achieved through charity from the same category of wealth with which Allah has blessed him. Moreover, the one who pays the value has deviated from what was textually prescribed, so it is not sufficient for him, just as if he were to pay an inferior item in place of a superior one. As for the hadith of Mu'adh which they cited regarding the jizya (18), it is evidenced by the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ordered him to distribute the charity among their poor and did not order him to transport it to Medina. In that same hadith, he said: "For it is more beneficial for the Emigrants in Medina."

473 - Issue: He said: (And he pays it when he goes out to the prayer ground.)

It is recommended to pay Sadaqat al-Fitr on the day of Fitr before the prayer, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded that it be fulfilled before the people go out to the prayer, in the hadith of Ibn Umar (1), and in the hadith of