✅Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْبَرْقِيِّ قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي هَلْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ أُخْرِجَ عَمَّا يَجِبُ فِي الْحَرْثِ مِنَ الْحِنْطَةِ وَ الشَّعِيرِ وَ مَا يَجِبُ عَلَى الذَّهَبِ دَرَاهِمَ بِقِيمَةِ مَا يَسْوَى أَمْ لَا يَجُوزُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُخْرَجَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَا فِيهِ فَأَجَابَ أَيُّمَا تَيَسَّرَ يُخْرَجُ.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 559

Muhammad ibn Khalid says: I wrote to Imam Al-Jawad (peace be upon him): 'Is it permissible for me to pay from what is obligatory as zakat on crops, such as wheat and barley, and what is obligatory on gold, as dirhams (i.e., silver money) equivalent to their value, or is it not permissible except that it be paid from the thing itself?' The Imam wrote in his answer: 'It is paid in whichever way is possible and available!'

2 عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُعْطِي عَنْ زَكَاتِهِ عَنِ الدَّرَاهِمِ دَنَانِيرَ وَ عَنِ الدَّنَانِيرِ دَرَاهِمَ بِالْقِيمَةِ أَ يَحِلُّ ذَلِكَ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 559

Ali ibn Ja'far says: I asked Musa ibn Ja'far (peace be upon them) about a person who pays from his zakat, dinars for dirhams and dirhams for dinars, according to their equivalent value, is it lawful? The Imam said: 'There is no problem!'

3 عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عِيَالُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أُعْطِيهِمْ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ فَأَشْتَرِي لَهُمْ مِنْهَا ثِيَاباً وَ طَعَاماً وَ أَرَى أَنَّ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ لَهُمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ.

📚 Qurb al-Isnad, p. 24

Yunus ibn Ya'qub says: I said to Imam Al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'I give to the families of Muslims from the zakat, so I buy clothes and food for them with the zakat, and I see that this is better for them.' The Imam said: 'There is no problem!'

4 عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: لَا بَأْسَ بِالْقِيمَةِ فِي الْفِطْرَةِ.

📚 Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 4, p. 86

Imam Al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: '(Paying) the value is not a problem in the case of zakat al-fitr.

5 عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ يَشْتَرِي الرَّجُلُ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ الثِّيَابَ وَ السَّوِيقَ وَ الدَّقِيقَ وَ الْبِطِّيخَ وَ الْعِنَبَ فَيَقْسِمُهُ قَالَ لَا يُعْطِيهِمْ إِلَّا الدَّرَاهِمَ كَمَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 559

Sa'id says: I said to Imam Al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'A person buys clothes, qawut (ground roasted wheat), flour, melon, and grapes with the zakat money and distributes it!' The Imam said: 'He should not give them anything but the dirham itself, just as Allah has commanded!'

✅ Zakat is a divine obligation that has been made obligatory on some properties with a specific minimum amount.

According to the above narrations and others, the zakat on gold can be paid with silver and the zakat on silver can be paid with gold at its equivalent value, and also the zakat on wheat and barley can be paid with silver dirhams at its equivalent value. Also, according to narration 3, the person paying zakat is permitted to prepare and pay clothes, food, and similar items at their equivalent value from the zakat that he is obligated to pay, if it is more beneficial for them.

Regarding zakat al-fitr, in several narrations, such as narration 4, permission to give its equivalent value has been mentioned.

However, according to narration 5, it is recommended to give the dirham itself and not to convert it into other things.

اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ