سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الزَّكَاةِ هَلْ تَصْلُحُ لِصَاحِبِ الدَّارِ وَ الْخَادِمِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ دَارُهُ دَارَ غَلَّةٍ فَيَخْرُجَ لَهُ مِنْ غَلَّتِهَا دَرَاهِمُ مَا يَكْفِيهِ لِنَفْسِهِ وَ عِيَالِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنِ الْغَلَّةُ تَكْفِيهِ لِنَفْسِهِ وَ عِيَالِهِ فِي طَعَامِهِمْ وَ كِسْوَتِهِمْ وَ حَاجَتِهِمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ إِسْرَافٍ فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ لَهُ الزَّكَاةُ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ غَلَّتُهَا تَكْفِيهِمْ فَلَا .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from his bother Al Hassan, from Zur’at Bin Muhammad, from Sama’at who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, ‘Is it correct for the owner of the house and the servants?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes, unless his house happens to be a house of yield (rent etc.). So there would be extracted for him, from its yield, Dirhams which would suffice for himself and his dependants. But if the yield does not happen to suffice for himself and his dependants regarding their foods, and their clothing, and their needs from without extravagance, then the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> would be Permissible for him. But if its yield was sufficing them, so no’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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