Chapter on Categories Upon Whom Zakat is Obligatory
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 5
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 5
Chapter on Categories Upon Whom Zakat is Obligatory
وَ سَأَلَ عُمَرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنْ رَجُلٍ فَرَّ بِمَالِهِ مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ فَاشْتَرَى بِهِ أَرْضاً أَوْ دَاراً أَ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ فَقَالَ «لاَ وَ لَوْ جَعَلَهُ حُلِيّاً أَوْ نُقَراً فَلاَ شَيْءَ عَلَيْهِ وَ مَا مَنَعَ نَفْسَهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ فَهُوَ أَكْثَرُ مِمَّا مَنَعَ مِنْ حَقِّ اَللَّهِ اَلَّذِي يَكُونُ فِيهِ.
Umar ibn Yazid asked Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام about a man who evaded paying Zakat on his wealth by purchasing land or a house with it. He asked: "Is anything still due on it?" The Imam عليه السلام replied: "No, even if he turned it into jewellery or silver nuggets, nothing is due on it. However, by withholding what he owed to Allah سبحانه وتعالى, he deprived himself of a greater blessing than what he withheld from Allah’s سبحانه وتعالى right."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 81