The weights of the sa‘ and other measures

Question

A fatwa on the question of the sa‘. Istifta (request for a fatwa): during the period of English rule, different kinds of weights were current in different cities of India: in some places the seer (a unit of weight, standard ≈ 0.93 kg) was 46 tolas (tola: a unit of weight, ≈ 11.66 g), in others 80 tolas, and there was a difference in weighing as well.

Answer

Answer (1) — Mufti ‘Abd al-Salam Nu‘mani Mujaddidi (Benares) The sa‘ is an Arabian measure of volume by which grain is measured out; even today in Arabia grain is sold by measure, and it is the custom to pay sadaqat al-fitr. For paying sadaqat al-fitr four things are mentioned in the hadith: (1) wheat or its flour — half a sa‘; (2) dried dates; (3) raisins; (4)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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