سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ أَبِي أَتَوْهُ فَسَأَلُوهُ عَمَّا يَأْخُذُ السُّلْطَانُ فَرَقَّ لَهُمْ وَ إِنَّهُ لَيَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الزَّكَاةَ لَا تَحِلُّ إِلَّا لِأَهْلِهَا فَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَحْتَسِبُوا بِهِ فَجَالَ فِكْرِي وَ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَبَةِ إِنَّهُمْ إِنْ سَمِعُوا إِذاً لَمْ يُزَكِّ أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ حَقٌّ أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُظْهِرَهُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj, from Suleyman Bin Khalid who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘The companions of my<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup> came over to him<sup>asws</sup> and asked him<sup>asws</sup> about what the Sultan (ruling authority) takes, to differentiate for them, and he knew that the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> is not Permissible except for its deserving ones. So he<sup>asws</sup> ordered them that they should reckon with it (as being <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>). So I<sup>asws</sup> thought about them, and said to my<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup>, ‘O father<sup>asws</sup>! They (people), if they were to hear it, then none of them would even pay <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O my<sup>asws</sup> son<sup>asws</sup>! Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Loves a right to be manifested’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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