Can you furnish me with a fatwa regarding the difference between zakat al-fitr and zakat al-mal? Your earliest response will be very much appreciated...

the Hanafis permitted the payment of Zakat al-Fitr in money. This is the view of Al-Thawri, Al-Hasan al-Basri...

Zakat al-Fitr is incumbent on every free Muslim who possesses one Sa` of dates or barley...

The amount of Zakat al-Fitr, as we referred earlier, is one Sa` of food. There is consensus on this amount among the scholars with regard to all types of food except wheat and raisins. As for these two types...