The Obligation of al-Zakat (charity) and Necessary Payments from Properties
Al-Kāfi|Volume 3|Book 5|Chapter 1
Al-Kāfi
Volume 3, Book 5, Chapter 1
The Obligation of al-Zakat (charity) and Necessary Payments from Properties
17ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَإِنْ تُخْفُوها وَتُؤْتُوهَا الْفُقَراءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ فَقَالَ هِيَ سِوَى الزَّكَاةِ إِنَّ الزَّكَاةَ عَلاَنِيَةٌ غَيْرُ سِرٍّ.
17. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, ‘. . . If you pay it privately to the needy, it is better for you. . . .’ (2:273), has said, ‘This payment is a payment other than compulsory zakat which is paid publicly and not privately.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/12)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 9