Chapter on Zakat Al-Fitrah
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 2|Chapter 37
وَ رَوَى صَفْوَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ اَلْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يُنْفِقُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ لَيْسَ مِنْ عِيَالِهِ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ يَتَكَلَّفُ لَهُ نَفَقَتَهُ وَ كِسْوَتَهُ أَ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ فِطْرَتُهُ قَالَ «لاَ إِنَّمَا يَكُونُ فِطْرَتُهُ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ صَدَقَةً دُونَهُ» وَ قَالَ «اَلْعِيَالُ اَلْوَلَدُ وَ اَلْمَمْلُوكُ وَ اَلزَّوْجَةُ وَ أُمُّ اَلْوَلَدِ ».
It is narrated from Safwan, from Abdur-Rahman ibn Al-Hajjaj, who said: "I asked Abu Al-Hasan عليه السلام about a man who spends on another man who is not part of his household but for whom he voluntarily provides sustenance and clothing. Is Zakat al-Fitr obligatory on him for that person?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "No, Zakat al-Fitr is only obligatory for one’s dependents, not for such a person." Imam عليه السلام further said: "Dependents include children, servants, a wife, and an umm al-walad (a bondwoman who bore a child for her master)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 110