Chapter on Ruling of Trade Goods in Zakat

Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Faddal, from Sindi ibn Muhammad, from al-Ala, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, who said: I (narrator) said to Imam عليه السلام: “Goods by which I do not obtain my capital; ‘Is there zakat upon me in them?’” Imam عليه السلام said: “No.” I (narrator) asked: “I keep them for two years, then I sell them; ‘what is due upon me?’” Imam عليه السلام said: “One year.”