Chapter on Best Fitrah and the Amount of the Value

And from him, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Ali ibn al-Hakam, from Sayf ibn Amirah, from Ishaq ibn Ammar, who said: I (narrator) asked Abu al-Hasan عليه السلام, peace be upon him, about ‘the charity of al-Fitrah.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “Dates are better.”