سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ مِنَّا يَشْتَرِي مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ مِنْ إِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ وَ غَنَمِ الصَّدَقَةِ وَ هُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَأْخُذُونَ مِنْهُمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَا الْإِبِلُ وَ الْغَنَمُ إِلَّا مِثْلَ الْحِنْطَةِ وَ الشَّعِيرِ وَ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ حَتَّى تَعْرِفَ الْحَرَامَ بِعَيْنِهِ قِيلَ لَهُ فَمَا تَرَى فِي مُصَدِّقٍ يَجِيئُنَا فَيَأْخُذُ صَدَقَاتِ أَغْنَامِنَا فَنَقُولُ بِعْنَاهَا فَيَبِيعُنَاهَا فَمَا تَرَى فِي شِرَائِهَا مِنْهُ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ أَخَذَهَا وَ عَزَلَهَا فَلَا بَأْسَ قِيلَ لَهُ فَمَا تَرَى فِي الْحِنْطَةِ وَ الشَّعِيرِ يَجِيئُنَا الْقَاسِمُ فَيَقْسِمُ لَنَا حَظَّنَا وَ يَأْخُذُ حَظَّهُ فَيَعْزِلُهُ بِكَيْلٍ فَمَا تَرَى فِي شِرَاءِ ذَلِكَ الطَّعَامِ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ قَبَضَهُ بِكَيْلٍ وَ أَنْتُمْ حُضُورُ ذَلِكَ الْكَيْلِ فَلَا بَأْسَ بِشِرَاهُ مِنْهُ بِغَيْرِ كَيْلٍ .
Translation
Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu Ubeyda, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the man from us buying from the Sultan (ruling authority), from the camels of charity (Zakat) and sheep of charity (Zakat), and he knew that they are taking from them (masses) more than the rightful which is obligated upon them. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The camel and sheep are likes of the wheat and the barley, and other than that. There is no problem with it until he recognises the Prohibition exactly’. It was said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘So what is your<sup>asws</sup> view regarding a charity (Zakat) collector who comes to us, so he takes the charities (Zakat) of our sheep. So we are saying, ‘Sell these back to us’. So what is your<sup>asws</sup> view regarding buying these from him?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘If he has taken them (away) and segregated them, so there is no problem’. It was said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘So what is your<sup>asws</sup> view regarding the wheat and the barley. The apportioner (for charity) comes to us, so he apportions our share, and he takes his share and segregates it with a measurement. So what is your<sup>asws</sup> view regarding buying that foodstuff from him?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘If he had taken possession of it with a measurement, and you were present during that measurement, so there is no problem with buying it from him without measuring it (again)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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