The amount of sadaqat al-fitr in rice

Question

If someone pays the fitra in rice instead of wheat, will it be discharged or not? And how many seers (a unit of weight, ≈ 0.93 kg) of wheat or rice must be given according to the English system of weights?

Answer

It will be discharged: having valued the wheat, he should give in exchange for it as much rice as is sold in the market for that value; he should not give rice equal to the wheat in weight: [ar]وما لم ينص عليه كذرة وغيره يعتبر فيه القيمة[/ar] “What is not mentioned in the text (nass), such as durra (sorghum) and the like, its value is considered” (“al-Durr al-Mukhtar”, vol.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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