Chapter on Miscellaneous Issues Regarding Zakat
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 6
وَ رَوَى إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَحِلُّ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ اَلزَّكَاةَ وَ هُوَ لاَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهَا فَيَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا قَالَ «نَعَمْ» وَ قَالَ فِي اَلْفِطْرَةِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ.
Isma'il ibn Jabir narrated: I said to Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام "Is it permissible for a man to take Zakat even though he does not need it, and then give it in charity?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "Yes." Imam عليه السلام also said the same regarding the Fitrah.
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