Chapter on Amount of Fitrah

Sa’ad ibn Abdullah, from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Jabbar, from Safwan ibn Yahya, from Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Abdullah ibn al-Mughirah, from Abu al-Hasan al-Ridha عليه السلام, peace be upon him: (Imam عليه السلام was asked) regarding ‘the (zakat of) Fitrah.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “One sa’ is given from wheat, one sa’ from barley, and one sa’ from dried yoghurt (aqit).”