Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: Al-Fitrah Charity Due to Fasting 15ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ فِي الْبَادِيَةِ لا يُ٠ْكِنُهُ الْفِطْرَةُ قَالَ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِأَرْبَعَةِ أَرْطَالٍ ٠15.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from in a marfu‘ manner who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who lives in a remote village and is not able to pay al-Fitrah. He (the Imam) said, ’He is required to pay by four Artal of milk.”’ رفوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/422))