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 مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مَنَعَ مِنْ زَكَاةِ مَالِهِ شَيْئاً إِلاَّ جَعَلَ اَللَّهُ ذَلِكَ يَوْمَ اَلْقِيَامَةِ ثُعْبَاناً مِنْ نَارٍ مُطَوَّقاً فِي عُنُقِهِ يَنْهَشُ مِنْ لَحْمِهِ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ مِنَ اَلْحِسَابِ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ « سَيُطَوَّقُونَ مٰا بَخِلُوا بِهِ يَوْمَ اَلْقِيٰامَةِ » يَعْنِي مَا بَخِلُوا بِهِ مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ ».
Muhammad ibn Muslim reported from Abu Ja’far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام who said: "There is no servant who withholds any part of the Zakat of his wealth except that Allah سبحانه وتعالى will turn it on the Day of Resurrection into a snake of fire, coiled around his neck, biting into his flesh until the reckoning is complete. This is the meaning of Allah’s سبحانه وتعالى statement: 'They will be encircled by what they withheld on the Day of Resurrection' (Surah Ali ‘Imran 3:180), referring to what they withheld from Zakat."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh