سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ لَهُ ثَلَاثُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ أَوْ أَرْبَعُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ لَهُ عِيَالٌ وَ هُوَ يَحْتَرِفُ فَلَا يُصِيبُ نَفَقَتَهُ فِيهَا أَ يُكِبُّ فَيَأْكُلَهَا وَ لَا يَأْخُذَ الزَّكَاةَ أَوْ يَأْخُذُ الزَّكَاةَ قَالَ لَا بَلْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى فَضْلِهَا فَيَقُوتُ بِهَا نَفْسَهُ وَ مَنْ وَسِعَهُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ عِيَالِهِ وَ يَأْخُذُ الْبَقِيَّةَ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ وَ يَتَصَرَّفُ بِهَذِهِ لَا يُنْفِقُهَا .
Translation
Safwan Bin Yahya, from Muawiya Bin Wahab who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the man who happens to have three hundred Dirhams for him, or four hundred Dirhams, and for him are dependants, and he is a craftsman. So he does not attain his expenses in it. Should he suppress its consumption and not take the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, or should he take the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No, but he should look at its excess (profit), so he should provide with it for himself and expand from that upon his dependants, and he should take the remainder from the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, and he should conduct (his business) with this (capital) and not spend it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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