Chapter on Amount of Fitrah

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 25
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 25

Chapter on Amount of Fitrah

وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ:» فِي اَلْفِطْرَةِ جَرَتِ اَلسُّنَّةُ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ صَاعٍ مِنْ زَبِيبٍ أَوْ صَاعٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي زَمَنِ عُثْمَانَ وَ كَثُرَتِ اَلْحِنْطَةُ قَوَّمَهُ اَلنَّاسُ فَقَالَ نِصْفُ صَاعٍ مِنْ بُرٍّ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ«.
And from him, from Hammad ibn Isa, from Muawiyah ibn Wahb, who said: I (narrator) heard Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, saying: “Regarding the Fitrah, the Sunnah was established as one sa’ of dates, or one sa’ of raisins, or one sa’ of barley. Then when it was in the time of Uthman and wheat became abundant, the people assessed its value. So Uthman said, ‘Half a sa’ of wheat (burr) is equal to one sa’ of barley.’”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 105
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 335