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Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Book of Zakat

Chapter on Categories Upon Whom Zakat is Obligatory

38. hadíth

1634 - وَ رَوَى عَبْدُ اَللَّهِ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ عَنْ مَالِ اَلْمَمْلُوكِ أَ عَلَيْهِ زَكَاةٌ فَقَالَ «لاَ وَ لَوْ كَانَ لَهُ أَلْفُ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ لَوِ اِحْتَاجَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ شَيْءٌ ».

Hadith.1634 - Abdullah ibn Sinan narrated from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) who said: A man asked him in my presence about the wealth of a slave: "Is Zakat obligatory on it?" The Imam (as) replied: "No, even if he possesses a million dirhams. Moreover, if he were in need, he would not be entitled to receive anything from Zakat."

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