Chapter on Hastening Zakat and Delaying It Beyond the Times in Which It Becomes Obligatory

Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub, from Ahmad, from his father, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Ibn Muskan, from al-Ahwal: (Imam عليه السلام was asked) regarding ‘a man who hastened the zakat of his wealth, then the one who was given became well-off before the beginning of the year.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “The giver repeats the zakat.”