What is the tradition of Sadaqat-ul-Fitr in the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad (saw)?
 Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:                     In the lifetime of the Prophet we used to give one Sa' of food or one Sa' of dates or one Sa' of barley or one Sa' of Raisins (dried grapes) as Sadaqat-ul-Fitr. And when Muawiya became the Caliph and the wheat was (available in abundance) he said, "I think (observe) that one Mudd (of wheat) equals two Mudds (of any of the above mentioned things).