Al-Kafi 5868

Translation

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Muhammad Bin Muqarrin Bin Abdullah Bin Zama’a Bin Subay, from his father, from his grandfather, from the grandfather of his father that, ‘Amir Al-Momineen^asws wrote to him in a letter of his^asws which he^asws wrote to him in his^asws own handwriting, when he^asws sent him (as a collector) upon the charities (<span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>): ‘The one in whose possession of the camels, the charity (<span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>) reaches the one four year old female camel, and there is no four year old female camel in his possession, and in his possession is a three year old female camel, so the three year old female camel would be accepted from him, and two sheep would be made to be along with it, or twenty Dirhams. The one with whom the charity (<span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>) reaches the three year old female camel, and there is no three year old female camel with him, and with him is a four year old female camel, so the four year old female camel would be accepted from him, and the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> collector would give him two sheep or twenty Dirhams. And the one whose charity (<span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>) reaches a three year old female camel, and in his possession is a two year old female milking camel, so the two year old milking female camel would be accepted from him, and he would give along with it, two sheep or twenty Dirhams. And the one whose charity (<span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>) reaches a two year old female milking camel, and there is no two year old female milking camel with him, and with him is a three year old female camel, so the three year old female camel would be accepted from, and the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> collector would give him two sheep or twenty Dirhams. And the one whose charity (<span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>) reaches a two year old female milking camel, and there is no two year old female milking camel with him, and there is a three year old female camel with him, so the three year old camel would be accepted from him, and the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> collector would give him two sheep or twenty Dirhams. And the one whose charity reaches a two year old female milking camel, and there is no two year old female milking camel with him, and with him is a one year old female camel, so the one year old female camel would be accepted from him, and he would give two sheep or twenty Dirhams along with it. The one whose charity (<span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>) reaches a one year old female camel, and there is no one year old female camel with him, and with him is a two year old female milking camel, so the two year old female milking camel would be accepted from him, and the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> collector would give him two sheep or twenty Dirhams. And the one who does not happen to have a one year old female camel upon its aspect, and with him is a two year old male camel, so the two year old male camel would be accepted from him, and there is nothing (else to give) along with it. And the who does not happen to have anything with him except for four camels, and there is no wealth for him apart from it, so there is nothing regarding it, except if its lord so desires. So when his wealth reaches five from the camels, so there would be a sheep regarding it’.

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