كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) عَلَى يَدَيْ أَبِي جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي الصَّاعِ بَعْضُهُمْ يَقُولُ الْفِطْرَةُ بِصَاعِ الْمَدَنِيِّ وَ بَعْضُهُمْ يَقُولُ بِصَاعِ الْعِرَاقِيِّ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ الصَّاعُ سِتَّةُ أَرْطَالٍ بِالْمَدَنِيِّ وَ تِسْعَةُ أَرْطَالٍ بِالْعِرَاقِيِّ قَالَ وَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ يَكُونُ بِالْوَزْنِ أَلْفاً وَ مِائَةً وَ سَبْعِينَ وَزْنَةً .
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<span style="font-size: small">Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Ja’far Bin Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Al Hamdany, and he was a Pilgrim along with us, said, ‘I wrote to Abu Al Hassan</span><sup>asws</sup><span style="font-size: small"> upon the hand of my father, </span> ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! Our companions are differing regarding the Sa’a (a unit of measurement approximating to 3kg.). Some of them are saying the Fitra is to be by the Medinite Sa’a, and some of them are saying it is by the Iraqi Sa’a’. So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote to me: ‘The Sa’a is six Ratls by the Medinite (counting), and nine Ratls by the Iraqi (counting)’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And I am informed that it happens to be, by the weight, one thousand one hundred and seventy weights (a unit of measurement)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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