Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī · Chapter on Categories of the People of Zakat
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مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ اَلْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ زُرْعَةَ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلزَّكَاةِ لِمَنْ يَصْلُحُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَهَا قَالَ» هِيَ تَحِلُّ لِلَّذِينَ وَصَفَ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي كِتَابِهِ» لِلْفُقَرٰاءِ وَ اَلْمَسٰاكِينِ وَاَلْعٰامِلِينَ عَلَيْهٰا وَ اَلْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَ فِي اَلرِّقٰابِ وَ اَلْغٰارِمِينَ وَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهَِ وَ اِبْنِ اَلسَّبِيلِ فَرِيضَةً مِنَ اللهَِ« وَ قَدْ تَحِلُّ اَلزَّكَاةُ لِصَاحِبِ سَبْعِمِائَةٍ وَتَحْرُمُ عَلَى صَاحِبِ خَمْسِينَ دِرْهَماً« فَقُلْتُ لَهُ كَيْفَ يَكُونُ هَذَا فَقَالَ» إِذَا كَانَ صَاحِبُ اَلسَّبْعِمِائَةِ لَهُ عِيَالٌ كَثِيرَةٌ فَلَوْ قَسَمَهَا بَيْنَهُمْ لَمْ تَكْفِهِ فَلْيُعِفَّ عَنْهَا نَفْسُهُ وَلْيَأْخُذْهَا لِعِيَالِهِ وَ أَمَّا صَاحِبُ اَلْخَمْسِينَ فَإِنَّهَا تَحْرُمُ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا كَانَ وَحْدَهُ وَ هُوَ مُحْتَرِفٌ يَعْمَلُ بِهَا وَ هُوَ يُصِيبُ فِيهَا مَا يَكْفِيهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اَللَّهُ« قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلزَّكَاةِ هَلْ تَصْلُحُ لِصَاحِبِ اَلدَّارِ وَ اَلْخَادِمِ فَقَالَ» نَعَمْ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونَ دَارُهُ دَارَ غَلَّةٍ فَيَخْرُجُ لَهُ مِنْ غَلَّتِهَا دَرَاهِمُ تَكْفِيهِ لِنَفْسِهِ وَعِيَالِهِ وَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنِ اَلْغَلَّةُ تَكْفِيهِ لِنَفْسِهِ وَعِيَالِهِ فِي طَعَامِهِمْ وَكِسْوَتِهِمْ وَحَاجَتِهِمْ فِي غَيْرِ إِسْرَافٍ فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ لَهُ اَلزَّكَاةُ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ غَلَّتُهَا تَكْفِيهِمْ فَلاَ«.
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub, from al-Abbas, from Ali ibn al-Hasan, from Said, from Zurah, from Samaah: I (narrator) asked Imam (a.s) about ‘zakat, for whom is it proper to take it?’ Imam (a.s) said: “It is lawful for those whom Allah (swt), described in His Book: ‘(Alms-tax) is only for the poor and the needy, for those employed to administer it, for those whose hearts are to be attracted (to the faith), for (freeing) slaves, for those in debt, for Allah’s (swt) cause, and for (needy) travellers. (This is) an obligation from almighty Allah (swt).’ (Surah At-Tawbah 9:60) And zakat may be lawful for the owner of seven hundred, and unlawful for the owner of fifty dirhams.” So I (narrator) said to Imam (a.s): “How can this be?” Imam (a.s) said: “If the owner of the seven hundred has many dependants, and if he were to divide it among them it would not suffice him, then let him restrain himself from it and let him take it for his dependants. As for the owner of the fifty, it is unlawful for him if he is alone and is a craftsman who works with it, and he obtains from it what suffices him, if Allah (swt) wills.” He (narrator) said: “And I asked Imam (a.s) about ‘zakat, Is it proper for the owner of a house and a servant?’” Imam (a.s) said: “Yes, unless his house is a house of yield, and from its yield dirhams come out for him that suffice him for himself and his dependants. But if the yield is not enough for himself and his dependants in their food, their clothing, and their needs, without extravagance, then zakat has become lawful for him. But if its yield suffices them, then no.”
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Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
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Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 63
Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
Ṣaḥīḥ
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 327
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