سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ يَأْخُذُ الزَّكَاةَ صَاحِبُ السَّبْعِمِائَةِ إِذَا لَمْ يَجِدْ غَيْرَهُ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّ صَاحِبَ السَّبْعِمِائَةِ تَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ الزَّكَاةُ قَالَ زَكَاتُهُ صَدَقَةٌ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ وَ لَا يَأْخُذُهَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ إِذَا اعْتَمَدَ عَلَى السَّبْعِمِائَةِ أَنْفَدَهَا فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ سَنَةٍ فَهَذَا يَأْخُذُهَا وَ لَا تَحِلُّ الزَّكَاةُ لِمَنْ كَانَ مُحْتَرِفاً وَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يَجِبُ فِيهِ الزَّكَاةُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Hareyz, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘He can take the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, the owner of the seven hundred (Dirhams) when someone else cannot be found’. I said, ‘supposing the owner of the seven hundred, the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> becomes Obligated upon him?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘His <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> would be charity upon his own dependents, and he cannot take it unless if he happens to be (totally) reliant upon the seven hundred, it running out from (within) a year; and the (taking of) <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> is not Permissible for the one who had a profession, and with him is what would Obligate the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> with regards to it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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