كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْوَصِيِّ أَ يُزَكِّي زَكَاةَ الْفِطْرَةِ عَنِ الْيَتَامَى إِذَا كَانَ لَهُمْ مَالٌ قَالَ فَكَتَبَ ( عليه السلام ) لَا زَكَاةَ عَلَى يَتِيمٍ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Al Qasim Bin Al Fuzayl who said, ‘I wrote to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup> asking him<sup>asws</sup> about the trustee, ‘Would he pay the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> of Al-Fitra on behalf of the orphans who happened to have had some wealth?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote: ‘There is no <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> upon the orphans’ (when an orphan reaches the age of offering <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> he is not an orphan but achieves the status of an adult).
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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