Giving dirhams for Zakat al-Fitr

Ibn Awf said: Umar bin Abd al-Aziz wrote (a letter) to Adi in Basra, and when it was read out I heard that it said: Half a dirham shall be collected for every person from the stipends of the people of the Diwan (the state register).

Qurrah said: A letter of Umar bin Abd al-Aziz was brought to us, in which it was written concerning Sadaqat al-Fitr: Sadaqat al-Fitr shall be collected for every person as half a sa', or its value, half a dirham.

Al-Hasan said: There is no harm in giving dirhams in Sadaqat al-Fitr.

Zuhayr said: I heard Abu Ishaq say: "I found those before us giving dirhams in Sadaqat al-Fitr at the value of food."

Ibn Jurayj said: Ata used to dislike giving silver coins (dirhams) in Sadaqat al-Fitr.