Waki’ on Ramadan: Zakat al-Fitr like prostration of forgetfulness

Al-Nawawi reported: Waki’ ibn al-Jarrah, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Zakat al-Fitr is to the month of Ramadan like the prostration of forgetfulness is to prayer. It makes up for deficiencies in fasting just as the prostration makes up for deficiencies in prayer.”

Source: al-Majmū’ Sharḥ al-Muhadhab 6/140

عن النووي عَنْ وَكِيعٍ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ زَكَاةُ الْفِطْرِ لِشَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ كَسَجْدَتِي السَّهْوِ لِلصَّلَاةِ تَجْبُرُ نُقْصَانَ الصَّوْمِ كَمَا يَجْبُرُ السُّجُودُ نُقْصَانَ الصَّلَاةِ

6/140 المجموع شرح المهذب كتاب الزكاة باب زكاة الفطر لشهر رمضان كسجدتي السهو

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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