سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الزَّكَاةِ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ تِجَارَةٍ فِي يَدِكَ فِيهَا فَضْلٌ لَيْسَ يَمْنَعُكَ مِنْ بَيْعِهَا إِلَّا لِتَزْدَادَ فَضْلًا عَلَى فَضْلِكَ فَزَكِّهِ وَ مَا كَانَتْ مِنْ تِجَارَةٍ فِي يَدِكَ فِيهَا نُقْصَانٌ فَذَلِكَ شَيْءٌ آخَرُ .
Translation
Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Hakeym, from Khalid Bin Al Hajjjaj Al Karkhy who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Whatever was from a trading asset in your hand where is a profit, nothing preventing you from selling it except for the increase in profit (price) on top of your profit, so purify it (pay <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>) and whatever was from a trading asset in your hand wherein is a loss, so that is another thing’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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