1628 - وَ قَدْ تَحِلُّ اَلزَّكَاةُ لِصَاحِبِ اَلسَّبْعِمِائَةٍ وَ تَحْرُمُ عَلَى صَاحِبِ اَلْخَمْسِينَ إِذَا كَانَ صَاحِبُ اَلسَّبْعِمِائَةٍ لَهُ عِيَالٌ كَثِيرٌ فَلَوْ قَسَمَهَا بَيْنَهُمْ لَمْ تَكْفِهِ فَلْيُعِفَّ عَنْهَا نَفْسَهُ وَ لْيَأْخُذْهَا لِعِيَالِهِ وَ أَمَّا صَاحِبُ اَلْخَمْسِينَ فَإِنَّهُ تَحْرُمُ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا كَانَ وَحْدَهُ وَ هُوَ مُحْتَرِفٌ يَعْمَلُ بِهَا وَ هُوَ يُصِيبُ فِيهَا مَا يَكْفِيهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى».
Hadith.1628 - It is permissible for a man who owns seven hundred (dirhams or similar) to accept Zakat, while it is prohibited for a man who owns fifty. This is because the one with seven hundred may have many dependents, and if he divides his wealth among them, it will not suffice. In such a case, he should abstain from taking it for himself but may take it for his dependents. As for the one with fifty, it is prohibited for him to accept Zakat if he is alone and works in a profession through which he earns enough to suffice himself, by Allah’s (swt) will.