It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم enjoined Zakatul-Fitr; a Sa’ of dates or a aof barley, upon the free person and the slave, male and female, young and old, among the Muslims. He commanded that it be given before the people went out to the (‘Id) prayer.” (Sahih)