قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) الرَّجُلُ يَمُوتُ وَ يَتْرُكُ الْعِيَالَ أَ يُعْطَوْنَ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ قَالَ نَعَمْ حَتَّى يَنْشَوْا وَ يَبْلُغُوا وَ يَسْأَلُوا مِنْ أَيْنَ كَانُوا يَعِيشُونَ إِذَا قُطِعَ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُمْ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ قَالَ يُحْفَظُ فِيهِمْ مَيِّتُهُمْ وَ يُحَبَّبُ إِلَيْهِمْ دِينُ أَبِيهِمْ فَلَا يَلْبَثُوا أَنْ يَهْتَمُّوا بِدِينِ أَبِيهِمْ فَإِذَا بَلَغُوا وَ عَدَلُوا إِلَى غَيْرِكُمْ فَلَا تُعْطُوهُمْ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Hareyz, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘A man dies and leave the dependants. Would they be given from the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes, until they grow up and reach adulthood, and can asked, from where would they be living when that is cut off from them’. So I said, ‘They are not recognising (<span class="iTxt">Al-Wilayah</span>)’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Their deceased should be preserved among them, and the Religion of their father should be made to be beloved to them, it won’t be long before they pay attention to their Religion. So when reach adulthood and change to others, then do not give to them’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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