إِذَا أَخَذَ الرَّجُلُ الزَّكَاةَ فَهِيَ كَمَالِهِ يَصْنَعُ بِهَا مَا يَشَاءُ قَالَ وَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَرَضَ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ فِي أَمْوَالِ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ فَرِيضَةً لَا يُحْمَدُونَ إِلَّا بِأَدَائِهَا وَ هِيَ الزَّكَاةُ فَإِذَا هِيَ وَصَلَتْ إِلَى الْفَقِيرِ فَهِيَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ مَالِهِ يَصْنَعُ بِهَا مَا يَشَاءُ فَقُلْتُ يَتَزَوَّجُ بِهَا وَ يَحُجُّ مِنْهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ هِيَ مَالُهُ قُلْتُ فَهَلْ يُؤْجَرُ الْفَقِيرُ إِذَا حَجَّ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ كَمَا يُؤْجَرُ الْغَنِيُّ صَاحِبُ الْمَالِ قَالَ نَعَمْ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘When the man takes the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, so it would be like his own wealth. He can do with it whatever he so desires to. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Imposed for the poor in the wealth of the rich such an Imposition that they would not be praiseworthy except by paying it, and it is the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>. So when it arrive to the poor, so it would be at the status of his own wealth. He can do with it whatever he so desires to’. So I said, ‘He can get married with it and perform Hajj with it?’ I said, ‘So would the poor one be Recompensed when he performs a Hajj from the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> (monies) just as the rich one, the owner of the wealth would be Recompensed?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes’.
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