Chapter on Zakat Al-Fitrah
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 2|Chapter 37
وَ سَأَلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ يَقْطِينٍ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ اَلْأَوَّلَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنْ زَكَاةِ اَلْفِطْرَةِ أَ يَصْلُحُ أَنْ يُعْطَى اَلْجِيرَانُ وَ اَلظُّئُورَةُ مِمَّنْ لاَ يَعْرِفُ وَ لاَ يَنْصِبُ فَقَالَ «لاَ بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ إِذَا كَانَ مُحْتَاجاً ».
Ali ibn Yaqtin asked Imam Abu Al-Hasan Al-Awwal عليه السلام about Zakat al-Fitr: "Is it permissible to give it to neighbors or close acquaintances who do not share the same beliefs or who do not acknowledge (the Imamate)?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "There is no harm in that if they are in need."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 110