قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) مَا تَقُولُ فِي رَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ فَدَفَنَهُ فِي مَوْضِعٍ فَلَمَّا حَالَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَوْلُ ذَهَبَ لِيُخْرِجَهُ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ فَاحْتَفَرَ الْمَوْضِعَ الَّذِي ظَنَّ أَنَّ الْمَالَ فِيهِ مَدْفُونٌ فَلَمْ يُصِبْهُ فَمَكَثَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ احْتَفَرَ الْمَوْضِعَ الَّذِي مِنْ جَوَانِبِهِ كُلِّهِ فَوَقَعَ عَلَى الْمَالِ بِعَيْنِهِ كَيْفَ يُزَكِّيهِ قَالَ يُزَكِّيهِ لِسَنَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ غَائِباً عَنْهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ احْتَبَسَهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Sadeyr Al Sayrafi who said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, ‘What are you<sup>asws</sup> saying regarding a man who used to have wealth for him, so he went and buried it in a place (for safekeeping). So when a year passed by over it, he went to take it out from its place. So he dug the place in which he thought that the wealth was buried in, but could not attain it. So it remained like that for three years. Then he dug the places by all its sides, and he came across the wealth exactly. How should he purify it (pay <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>)?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He should purify it (pay <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>) for one year, except it was absent (hidden) from him, and even if he had withheld it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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