Chapter on Amount of Fitrah

Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Ahmari, from Abdullah ibn Hammad, from Ismail ibn Sahl, from Hammad, and Burayd, and Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Ja’far عليه السلام and Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon them both, said: We asked the both Imams عليه السلام, peace be upon them both, about ‘Zakat al-Fitrah.’ They عليه السلام both said: “One sa’ of dates, or raisins, or barley, or half of all of that as wheat, or flour, or parched flour, or maize, or a type of barley without husk (sult), on behalf of the young and the old, the male and the female, the adult, and those whom you support; in that they are the same.”