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

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 27
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 27

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

مَا رَوَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنِ اَلْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:» كَانَ جَدِّي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يُعْطِي فِطْرَتَهُ اَلضُّعَفَاءَ وَ مَنْ لاَ يَجِدُ وَ مَنْ لاَ يَتَوَلَّى« قَالَ وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ» هِيَ لِأَهْلِهَا إِلاَّ أَنْ لاَ تَجِدَهُمْ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْهُمْ فَلِمَنْ لاَ يَنْصِبُ وَ لاَ تَنْقُلْ مِنْ أَرْضٍ إِلَى أَرْضٍ« وَ قَالَ» اَلْإِمَامُ أَعْلَمُ يَضَعُهَا حَيْثُ يَشَاءُ وَ يَصْنَعُ فِيهَا مَا يَرَى«.
What Ali ibn al-Hasan narrated from Ibrahim ibn Hashim, from Hammad, from Hariz, from al-Fudayl, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: Imam al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: “My grandfather عليه السلام, peace be upon him, used to give his Fitrah to the weak, and to one who does not find, and to one who does not profess wilayah.” He (narrator) said: “And Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, said: ‘It is for its people, unless you do not find them; so if you do not find them, then to one who does not show enmity (nasb), and do not transfer it from one land to another land.” And Imam عليه السلام said: “The Imam knows best; he places it wherever he wishes and does with it whatever he sees.”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 111
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 336