سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلَ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ دَيْنٍ لِي عَلَى قَوْمٍ قَدْ طَالَ حَبْسُهُ عِنْدَهُمْ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَى قَضَائِهِ وَ هُمْ مُسْتَوْجِبُونَ لِلزَّكَاةِ هَلْ لِي أَنْ أَدَعَهُ وَ أَحْتَسِبَ بِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ قَالَ نَعَمْ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, altogether, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj who said, ‘I asked Abu Al Hassan<sup>asws</sup> the 1<sup>st</sup> about debts of mine upon a people who had prolonged its withholding with them, not be able upon its fulfilment, and they are deserving of the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>. It is for me that I leave it (collection of the debts) and reckon with it upon them as being from the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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