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 قَدْ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَلْجَبَّارِ: أَنَّ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِنَا كَتَبَ عَلَى يَدَيْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْعَسْكَرِيِّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أُعْطِي اَلرَّجُلَ مِنْ إِخْوَانِي مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ اَلدِّرْهَمَيْنِ وَ اَلثَّلاَثَةَ فَكَتَبَ «اِفْعَلْ إِنْ شَاءَ اَللَّهُ ».
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Jabbar narrated that one of our companions wrote a question through Ahmad ibn Ishaq to Imam Ali ibn Muhammad Al-Hadi عليه السلام asking: "May I give one of my brothers two or three dirhams from Zakat?" The Imam wrote in reply: "Do so, if Allah سبحانه وتعالى wills."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh