كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ فِي كَمْ تَجِبُ الزَّكَاةُ مِنَ الْمَالِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الزَّكَاةُ الظَّاهِرَةُ أَمِ الْبَاطِنَةُ تُرِيدُ فَقَالَ أُرِيدُهُمَا جَمِيعاً فَقَالَ أَمَّا الظَّاهِرَةُ فَفِي كُلِّ أَلْفٍ خَمْسَةٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ وَ أَمَّا الْبَاطِنَةُ فَلَا تَسْتَأْثِرْ عَلَى أَخِيكَ بِمَا هُوَ أَحْوَجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْكَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad, from the one who mentioned it, from Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al Mufazzal who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, and a man asked him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘With regards to how much is the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> Obligated from the wealth?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘Is it the apparent <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> or the hidden <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> are you intending?’ So he said, ‘I intend both of them together’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘As for the apparent, so it is twenty-five in every thousand, and as for the hidden, so not (considering as too much) preferring your brother with what he is more needy to it than you are’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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