Chapter on What Has Been Narrated About Those Who Refuse to Pay Zakat
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 2
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 2
Chapter on What Has Been Narrated About Those Who Refuse to Pay Zakat
وَ رَوَى أَبُو بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «مَنْ مَنَعَ قِيرَاطاً مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ وَ لاَ مُسْلِمٍ وَ سَأَلَ اَلرَّجْعَةَ عِنْدَ اَلْمَوْتِ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: « حَتّٰى إِذٰا جٰاءَ أَحَدَهُمُ اَلْمَوْتُ قٰالَ رَبِّ اِرْجِعُونِ. `لَعَلِّي أَعْمَلُ صٰالِحاً فِيمٰا تَرَكْتُ » »
Abu Basir reported from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام who said: "Whoever withholds even a carat of Zakat is neither a believer nor a Muslim. At the time of death, he will request to be sent back (to the world). This is the meaning of Allah’s سبحانه وتعالى statement: 'Until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord عز وجل, send me back, that I might do righteousness in that which I left behind"' (Surah Al-Mu’minun 23:99-100)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh