Chapter on Zakat of the Wealth of Children and the Insane

Sa’ad ibn Abdullah, from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Abi al-Khattab, from Abdullah ibn Jabalah, from Ishaq ibn Ammar, from Samaah ibn Mihran, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I said to Imam عليه السلام: “A man has the wealth of an orphan with him and trades with it. Is he liable for it?” Imam عليه السلام said: “Yes.” I (narrator) asked: “Then is there zakat upon him?” Imam عليه السلام said: “No, by my life, I do not combine two qualities upon him: liability and zakat.”