سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَجْتَمِعُ عِنْدَهُ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ الْخَمْسُمِائَةِ وَ السِّتُّمِائَةِ يَشْتَرِي بِهَا نَسَمَةً وَ يُعْتِقُهَا فَقَالَ إِذاً يَظْلِمَ قَوْماً آخَرِينَ حُقُوقَهُمْ ثُمَّ مَكَثَ مَلِيّاً ثُمَّ قَالَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ عَبْداً مُسْلِماً فِي ضَرُورَةٍ فَيَشْتَرِيَهُ وَ يُعْتِقَهُ .
Translation
Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Amro, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the man in whose possession have gathered from the (payable) <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, five hundred, six hundred. Can he buy a person (slave) with it and liberate him?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Then he is unjust to another group of their rights’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> remained (silent) for a while, then said: ‘Unless he happens to be a Muslim slave in desperation, so he buys him and frees him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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