سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ وَ أَنَا أَسْمَعُ قَالَ أُعْطِي قَرَابَتِي زَكَاةَ مَالِي وَ هُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا تُعْطِ الزَّكَاةَ إِلَّا مُسْلِماً وَ أَعْطِهِمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَ تَرَوْنَ أَنَّمَا فِي الْمَالِ الزَّكَاةُ وَحْدَهَا مَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ فِي الْمَالِ مِنْ غَيْرِ الزَّكَاةِ أَكْثَرُ تُعْطِي مِنْهُ الْقَرَابَةَ وَ الْمُعْتَرِضَ لَكَ مِمَّنْ يَسْأَلُكَ فَتُعْطِيهِ مَا لَمْ تَعْرِفْهُ بِالنَّصْبِ فَإِذَا عَرَفْتَهُ بِالنَّصْبِ فَلَا تُعْطِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَخَافَ لِسَانَهُ فَتَشْتَرِيَ دِينَكَ وَ عِرْضَكَ مِنْهُ .
Translation
Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Musna, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘A man asked him<sup>asws</sup> and I heard. He said, ‘Can I give the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> to my relatives and they are not recognising (<span class="iTxt">Al-Wilayah</span>)?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘You cannot give the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> except to a Muslim (<span class="iTxt">Al-Wilayah</span>), and give them from other than that’. Then Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Are you viewing rather that the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> alone is regarding the wealth? What Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Imposed in the wealth from other than the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> is more. You should give from it to the relatives, and the objectors against you from the ones who ask you. So you can give to them for as long as you do not recognise him with the hostility (<span class="iTxt">Nasibi</span>). So when you recognise him to be with the hostility, so do not give to him except if you were to fear his tongue, so you can (then) buy your Religion and your acceptance from him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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