قُلْتُ لَهُ يَشْتَرِي الرَّجُلُ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ الثِّيَابَ وَ السَّوِيقَ وَ الدَّقِيقَ وَ الْبِطِّيخَ وَ الْعِنَبَ فَيَقْسِمُهُ قَالَ لَا يُعْطِيهِمْ إِلَّا الدَّرَاهِمَ كَمَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Abdullah, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Saeed Bin Amro, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Can the man buy from the (payable) <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, the clothes, and the porridge, and the flour, and the watermelons, and the grapes, so he distributes these (instead)?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He cannot give them except for the Dirhams, just as Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Blessed and High Commanded’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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