سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ الْمَتَاعُ مَوْضُوعاً فَيَمْكُثُ عِنْدَهُ السَّنَةَ وَ السَّنَتَيْنِ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ زَكَاةٌ حَتَّى يَبِيعَهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ أُعْطِيَ بِهِ رَأْسَ مَالِهِ فَيَمْنَعَهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْتِمَاسُ الْفَضْلِ فَإِذَا هُوَ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ وَجَبَتْ فِيهِ الزَّكَاةُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أُعْطِيَ بِهِ رَأْسَ مَالِهِ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ زَكَاةٌ حَتَّى يَبِيعَهُ وَ إِنْ حَبَسَهُ بِمَا حَبَسَهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ بَاعَهُ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ زَكَاةُ سَنَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at who said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the man who happens to have the goods with him, being deposits. So they remain with him for the year, and the two years, or more than that. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘There is no <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> upon him until he sells it, unless he has given the capital of his wealth for it, so he blocks it from that seeking the excess (price increase). So when he does that, the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> would be Obligated upon him; but if he has not been given the capital of his wealth for it, so there is no <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> upon him until he sells it; and if he were to withhold it with whatever (other goods) he withholds, so it would be his saleable item, and rather, upon him would be the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> of one year’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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