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Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Book of Zakat

Chapter on Miscellaneous Issues Regarding Zakat

1524. hadíth

وَ رَوَى إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَحِلُّ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ اَلزَّكَاةَ وَ هُوَ لاَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهَا فَيَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا قَالَ «نَعَمْ» وَ قَالَ فِي اَلْفِطْرَةِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ.

Isma'il ibn Jabir narrated: I said to Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) "Is it permissible for a man to take Zakat even though he does not need it, and then give it in charity?" Imam (a.s) replied: "Yes." Imam (a.s) also said the same regarding the Fitrah.

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