Chapter on One Entitled to Fitrah and the Least Amount of It That Is Given to the Poor Person

Muhammad ibn Yaqub, from a number of our companions, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from al-Husayn ibn Said, from Fadalah ibn Ayyub, from al-Qasim ibn Burayd, from Malik al-Juhani, who said: I (narrator) asked Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him, about ‘Zakat al-Fitrah.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “You give it to the Muslims; and if you do not find a Muslim, then to a weak one (mustad'af); and give from it to your relative, if you wish.”