Chapter on Additions Regarding Zakat
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 29
وَعَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَجْتَمِعُ عِنْدَهُ مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ اَلْخَمْسُمِائَةِ وَاَلسِّتُّمِائَةِ يَشْتَرِي مِنْهَا نَسَمَةً يُعْتِقُهَا فَقَالَ» إِذاً يَظْلِمُ قَوْماً آخَرِينَ حُقُوقَهُمْ ثُمَّ مَكَثَ مَلِيّاً« ثُمَّ قَالَ» إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَبْداً مُسْلِماً فِي ضَرُورَةٍ فَلْيَشْتَرِهِ وَيُعْتِقُهُ«.
And from him, from Ahmad, from Ali ibn al-Hakam, from Amr, from Abu Basir, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said:
I (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام about ‘a man with whom five hundred and six hundred from Zakat gather, and he buys from it a soul (nasamah) whom he frees.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “Then he would wrong other people of their rights.” Then Imam عليه السلام remained silent for a while. Then Imam عليه السلام said: “Except if he is a Muslim slave in necessity, then let him buy him and free him.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 126
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