Sunan Ibn Majah 1827
سنن ابن ماجه#1827HasanIt was narrated that:Ibn Abbas said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) enjoined Zakatul-Fitr as a purification for the fasting person from idle talk and obscenities, and to feed the poor. Whoever pays it before the (Eid) prayer, it is an accepted Zakah, and whoever pays it after the prayer, it is (ordinary) charity.”
Scholarly Authentication
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Al-AlbaniHasan
Muhammad Fouad Abd al-BaqiHasan
Shuaib Al ArnautHasan
Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Hasan
In-book reference: 8:45