سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ رَجُلٍ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ أَخٌ لَهُ زَكَاتَهُ لِيَقْسِمَهَا فَضَاعَتْ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَى الرَّسُولِ وَ لَا عَلَى الْمُؤَدِّي ضَمَانٌ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَجِدْ لَهَا أَهْلًا فَفَسَدَتْ وَ تَغَيَّرَتْ أَ يَضْمَنُهَا قَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنْ إِنْ عَرَفَ لَهَا أَهْلًا فَعَطِبَتْ أَوْ فَسَدَتْ فَهُوَ لَهَا ضَامِنٌ حَتَّى يُخْرِجَهَا .
Translation
Hareyz, from Zurara who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about a man whose brother sent his <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> to him to distribute it, but it got wasted. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is not upon the messenger, nor upon the payer, any responsibility’. I said, ‘So if he does not find a deserving one for it, and it gets spoilt, and altered, would he be responsible?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No, but if he recognised a deserving one for it, so it got damaged, or spoilt, so he would be responsible for it until he extracts it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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