Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Hisham that Hasan and other authorities disliked transferring zakat from one city to another.

Hasan says that it is disliked to transfer zakat from one city to another city.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdul Aziz bin Abu Rawad that when the zakat collected from Iraq and Syria was sent to Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz, he sent that zakat wealth back to Iraq.

It is narrated from Hazrat Usman bin Marrah that a woman asked Hazrat Qasim, "We have some dirhams of zakat with us; can we send them to Syria?" He replied, "Give them to the ruler and governor who is in Madinah. (Do not transfer them from one city to another.)"

Hazrat Dhahhak states that in whichever city you are, keep the zakat in that city. And if there are no poor (and deserving) people in that city, then take it to the nearest city.

Hazrat Farqad al-Sabkhi says that I was sent to Makkah with zakat, and there I met Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair. He said to me, "Take it back to the city from which it was collected."