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 سُئِلَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ لَهُ دَارٌ وَ خَادِمٌ وَ عَبْدٌ أَ يَقْبَلُ اَلزَّكَاةَ قَالاَ «نَعَمْ إِنَّ اَلدَّارَ وَ اَلْخَادِمَ لَيْسَا بِمَالٍ ».
Abu Ja'far (Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir) and Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام were asked about a man who owns a house, a servant, and a slave. "Can he accept Zakat?" They عليه السلام replied: "Yes, because the house and the servant are not considered wealth."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh