Animals Subject to Zakat and Those Not Subject to Zakat
Al-Kāfi|Volume 3|Book 5|Chapter 17
7ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) لاَ يَأْخُذُ مِنْ صِغَارِ الإِبِلِ شَيْئاً حَتَّى يَحُولَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَوْلُ وَلاَ يَأْخُذُ مِنْ جِمَالِ الْعَمَلِ صَدَقَةً وَكَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَجِبْ أَنْ يُؤْخَذَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ شَيْءٌ لأَنَّهُ ظَهْرٌ يُحْمَلُ عَلَيْهَا.
7. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from who has said the following: “’Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali عليه السلام, would not demand Zakat for small camels until one year passed as well as for working camels. It seems as if Zakat is not due on male (camels) because it is used to carry loads.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/57)
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