التَّمْرُ فِي الْفِطْرَةِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ لِأَنَّهُ أَسْرَعُ مَنْفَعَةً وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ إِذَا وَقَعَ فِي يَدِ صَاحِبِهِ أَكَلَ مِنْهُ قَالَ وَ قَالَ نَزَلَتِ الزَّكَاةُ وَ لَيْسَ لِلنَّاسِ أَمْوَالٌ وَ إِنَّمَا كَانَتِ الْفِطْرَةُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, altogether from Ibn Abu Umeyr from Hisham Bin Al Hakam, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘The dates regarding the Fitra is superior than something else, because it is quicker in benefitting, and that is because when it falls into the hand of its owner, he eats from it’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The (payment of) Zakat was Revealed and there was not wealth for the people, and rather it was the Fitra’.
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