Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: Al-Fitrah Charity Due to Fasting َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ نُوحٍ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠اً سَأَلُونِي عَنِ الْفِطْرَةِ وَيَسْأَلُونِّي أَنْ يَحْ٠َتَهَا إِلَيْكَ وَقَدْ بَعَثَ إِلَيْكَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ عَا٠َ أَوَّلَ وَسَأَلَنِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ فَنَسِيتُ ذَلِكَ وَقَدْ بَعَثْتُ إِلَيْكَ الْعَا٠َ عَنْ كُلِّ رَأْسٍ ٠ِنْ عِيَالِي بِدِرْهَ٠َةِ تِسْعَةِ أَرْطَالٍ بِدِرْهَ٠ٍ فَرَأْيُكَ جَعَلَنِيَ الله فِدَاكَ فِي ذَلِكَ فَكَتَبَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) الْفِطْرَةُ قَدْ كَثُرَ السُّؤَالُ عَنْهَا وَأَنَا أَكْرَهُ كُلَّ ٠َا أَدَّى إِلَى الشُّهْرَةِ فَاقْطَعُوا ذِكْرَ ذَلِكَ وَاقْبِضْ ٠َّنْ دَفَعَ لَهَا وَأَ٠24.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah from ‘Abd Allah ibn Ja’far from Ayyub ibn Nuh who has said the following: “I once wrote to abu al-Hassan, the third (a.s.), that a (certain) people have asked me about al-Fitrah. They ask if they can bring its price to you. In the year before, this man had delivered to you. He had asked me to ask you but I had forgotten about it.

This year I have sent you for every one of my dependents one dirham as price of nine Artal for one dirham. Grant us your decision, I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause. He (the Imam) wrote to me, ‘Questions about al- Fitrah have become so many and I dislike whatever leads to popularity (unnecessary propagation).

Cut down its mention, accept from those who have given, and abstain from those who have not paid.’” صحيح على الظاهر - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/425))