Al-Kafi 5964

Translation

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Bakr Bin Salih, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Ismail Bin Abdul Aziz, from his father, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah^asws about a man from our companions for whom were eight hundred Dirhams and he is a man who is a glass polisher, and for him there are a lot of dependants. Is it for him that he takes from the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>?’ So he^asws said: ‘O Abu Muhammad! Does he profit regarding his Dirhams what would provide his dependants with and there would be excess?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He^asws said: ‘How much is the excess?’ I said, ‘I don’t know’. He^asws said: ‘If it was so that the excess upon the provision was of a measurement of half the provision, so he cannot take from the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>; but if it was less than half the provision, he can take from the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>’. I said, ‘So, would <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> be Imposed upon his wealth?’ He^asws said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘How should he deal with it?’ He^asws said: ‘He can expand upon his dependants with it in their foods and their drinks, and their clothing; and if there was to remain something from it, he can give it to others; and whatever he takes from the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, he can dedicate it upon his dependants until he makes them catch up with the people (financially)’.

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