Minimum and Maximum Amount of Zakat Payable to a Needy Person
Al-Kāfi|Volume 3|Book 5|Chapter 30
Al-Kāfi
Volume 3, Book 5, Chapter 30
Minimum and Maximum Amount of Zakat Payable to a Needy Person
4 hadiths1ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَلاَّدٍ الْحَنَّاطِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لاَ يُعْطَى أَحَدٌ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ أَقَلَّ مِنْ خَمْسَةِ دَرَاهِمَ وَهُوَ أَقَلُّ مَا فَرَضَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ فِي أَمْوَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَلاَ يُعْطُوا أَحَداً مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ أَقَلَّ مِنْ خَمْسَةِ دَرَاهِمَ فَصَاعِداً.
1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from abu Wallad al-Hannat who has said the following: “I once heard abu ’Abd Allah عليه السلام, say, ’Less than five dirham of Zakat must not be given to anyone. This is the minimum that Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has made obligatory on the assets of the Muslims. Do not give anyone less than five dirham but give more and so on.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/87)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 28
2ـ وَعَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أُعْطِي الرَّجُلَ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ ثَمَانِينَ دِرْهَماً قَالَ نَعَمْ وَزِدْهُ قُلْتُ أُعْطِيهِ مِائَةً قَالَ نَعَمْ وَأَغْنِهِ إِنْ قَدَرْتَ أَنْ تُغْنِيَهُ.
2. It is a narration from him (narrator of previous Hadith) by Ahmad from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Utaybah from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan عليه السلام, ’Can eighty dirham be given as Zakat to someone? He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, and increase it.’ I then asked, ‘Can one hundred dirham be given as Zakat to someone?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, you can make him rich if you can do so.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/87)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, pp. 28, 29
3ـ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُصَدِّقِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ كَمْ يُعْطَى الرَّجُلُ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) إِذَا أَعْطَيْتَ فَأَغْنِهِ.
3. Ahmad ibn Idris has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad from Ahmad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Faddal from ‘Amr ibn Sa‘id from Musaddiq ibn Sadaqah from ‘Ammar ibn Musa who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, was once asked about how much Zakat can be given to one person. He (the Imam) said, that abu Ja‘far عليه السلام, has said, ‘When you pay make him rich.’”
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī
4ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ تُعْطِيهِ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ حَتَّى تُغْنِيَهُ.
4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Sa‘id ibn Ghazwan who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said, ‘Pay from Zakat until you make him rich (sufficient for his one year’s expenses).”’
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 29