✅Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ كَانَ جَدِّي يُعْطِي فِطْرَتَهُ الضُّعَفَاءَ وَ مَنْ لَا يَجِدُ.... إلی أن قال... وَ لَا تَنْقُلْ مِنْ أَرْضٍ إِلَى أَرْضٍ وَ قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَعْلَمُ يَضَعُهَا حَيْثُ يَشَاءُ وَ يَصْنَعُ فِيهَا مَا يَرَى

📚 Al-Tahdheeb, Vol. 4, p. 88

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: My grandfather used to give his Zakat al-Fitr to the weak and those who could not find anything... until he said: ...and (Zakat al-Fitr) is not transferred from one land and region to another land and region, and he said: The Imam (peace be upon him) is more knowledgeable and spends it wherever he wants and does what he deems appropriate regarding it.

✅ Some narrations, including in 📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 4, p. 174, indicate that Zakat al-Fitr is also given to the infallible Imam (peace be upon him) to spend it in its place, which of course is not possible for us today.

2 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ بِلَالٍ وَ أَرَانِي قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بِلَالٍ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ هَلْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ فِي بَلْدَةٍ وَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ إِخْوَانِهِ فِي بَلْدَةٍ أُخْرَى يَحْتَاجُ أَنْ يُوَجَّهَ لَهُ فِطْرَةٌ أَمْ لَا فَكَتَبَ تَقْسِمُ الْفِطْرَةَ عَلَى مَنْ حَضَرَهَا وَ لَا تُوَجِّهْ ذَلِكَ إِلَى بَلْدَةٍ أُخْرَى وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْ مُوَافِقاً

📚Al-Tahdheeb, Vol. 4, p. 88

Ali ibn Bilal said: I wrote a letter to the Imam (peace be upon him): If a man is in one city and his brother is in another city and is in need, is it permissible to send Zakat al-Fitr to him or not?

The Imam wrote in response: Zakat al-Fitr is distributed among those who are present (in the city) and is not sent to another land, even if you do not find a supporter.

✅ The two hadiths we mentioned are specific to Zakat al-Fitr, and separate hadiths have been narrated about Zakat on wealth.

Fitra

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ