Chapter on Zakat of the Wealth of Children and the Insane
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 8
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 8
Chapter on Zakat of the Wealth of Children and the Insane
فَأَمَّا مَا رَوَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ:» لَيْسَ فِي مَالِ اَلْيَتِيمِ زَكَاةٌ وَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةٌ وَ لَيْسَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ غَلاَّتِهِ مِنْ نَخْلٍ أَوْ زَرْعٍ أَوْ غَلَّةٍ زَكَاةٌ وَ إِنْ بَلَغَ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ لِمَا مَضَى زَكَاةٌ وَ لاَ عَلَيْهِ لِمَا يَسْتَقْبِلُ حَتَّى يُدْرِكَ فَإِذَا أَدْرَكَ كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ زَكَاةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ وَ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلُ مَا عَلَى غَيْرِهِ مِنَ اَلنَّاسِ«.
As for what Ali ibn al-Hasan narrated from Hammad, from Hariz, from Abu Basir, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, that he said:
I (narrator) heard Imam عليه السلام saying: “There is no zakat in the wealth of the orphan, and there is no prayer upon him, and there is no zakat upon all of his yields from date-palms, or crops, or produce. And if he (the orphan) reaches maturity, then there is no zakat upon him for what has passed, nor is there upon him for what is to come until he reaches maturity. So when he (the orphan) reaches maturity, one zakat becomes due upon him, and there is upon him the same as what is upon other people.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 39
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