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

And what Muhammad ibn Yaqub narrated from Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Muhammad ibn Isa, from Yunus, from Ishaq ibn Ammar, from Abu Ibrahim عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام about ‘the charity of al-Fitrah, may I give it to those other than the people of my wilayah from my neighbors?’ Imam عليه السلام said: “Yes, the neighbors are more entitled to it because of the place of public recognition.”