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 رَوَى زُرَارَةُ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ وَ حَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْحَوْلُ فَإِنَّهُ يُزَكِّيهِ» قِيلَ لَهُ فَإِنْ وَهَبَهُ قَبْلَ حَوْلِهِ بِشَهْرٍ أَوْ بِيَوْمٍ قَالَ «لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ إِذاً» وَ رَوَى زُرَارَةُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا هَذَا بِمَنْزِلَةِ رَجُلٍ أَفْطَرَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ يَوْماً فِي إِقَامَتِهِ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ فِي آخِرِ اَلنَّهَارِ فِي سَفَرٍ وَ أَرَادَ بِسَفَرِهِ ذَلِكَ إِبْطَالَ اَلْكَفَّارَةِ اَلَّتِي وَجَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ».
Zurara and Muhammad ibn Muslim narrated from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام who said: "Any man who possesses wealth, and a year passes over it, must pay Zakat on it." He was asked: "What if he gifts it away a month or a day before the year completes?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "Then there is nothing obligatory upon him." Zurara also narrated from him that he said: "This is similar to a man who breaks his fast on a day in Month of Ramadan while residing at home, then sets out on a journey later that day with the intention of nullifying the expiation that had become obligatory upon him."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 82