Hadith 276
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28-68 My father and Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan al-Waleed - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar and Ahmad ibn Idris quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Imran al-Ash’ari that Ja’far ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Hamdani - may God have Mercy upon him - who was on the Hajj pilgrimage with him - narrated that he wrote
a letter to Abil Hassan (s) through my father in which I wrote, “May I be your ransom! The Shiites differ with each other regarding what a sa’ is. Some say that the alms tax for fasting should be calculated based on the Medina Sa’, while others say that it should be calculated based on the Iraqi Sa’.” The Imam (s) wrote me, “One ‘as-Sa equals six Medina Artals and nine Iraqi Artals.” He (s) also said, “It equals 1170 Dirhams.”
68 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحَسَن بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بن الوَلِيد رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ما قالا حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى العطار وَأَحْمَدِ بْنِ إِدْرِيس جَمِيعاً، عَن مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ عِمْران الأَشْعَرِيِّ، عَنإِبْراهيمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّد الهَمْدانِيَّ رحمهم اللَّه وَكانَ مَعَنا حاجّا قالَ
كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى يَدِ أَبِي جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي الصَّاعِ بَعْضُهُمْ يَقُولُ الْفِطْرَةُ بِصَاعِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَبَعْضُهُمْ يَقُولُ بِصَاعِ الْعِرَاقِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ الصَّاعُ سِتَّةُ أَرْطَالٍ بِالْمَدِينِيِّ وَتِسْعَةُ أَرْطَالٍ بِالْعِرَاقِيِّ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي فَقَالَ بِالْوَزْنِ يَكُونُ أَلْفاً وَمِائَةً وَسَبْعِينَ دِرْهَماً كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى يَدِ أَبِي جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي الصَّاعِ بَعْضُهُمْ يَقُولُ الْفِطْرَةُ بِصَاعِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَبَعْضُهُمْ يَقُولُ بِصَاعِ الْعِرَاقِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ الصَّاعُ سِتَّةُ أَرْطَالٍ بِالْمَدِينِيِّ وَتِسْعَةُ أَرْطَالٍ بِالْعِرَاقِيِّ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي فَقَالَ بِالْوَزْنِ يَكُونُ أَلْفاً وَمِائَةً وَسَبْعِينَ دِرْهَماً.
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