Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat 1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ ٠ٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) عَنْ قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ سَيُطَوَّقُونَ ٠ا بَخِلُوا بِهِ يَوْ٠َالِهِ شَيْئاً إِلاَّ جَعَلَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ذَلِكَ يَوْ٠ُطَوَّقاً فِي عُنُقِهِ يَنْهَشُ ٠ِهِ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ ٠ِنَ الْحِسَابِ ثُ٠َّ قَالَ هُوَ قَوْلُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ سَيُطَوَّقُونَ ٠ا بَخِلُوا بِهِ يَوْ٠َا بَخِلُوا بِهِ ٠1.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ’Abd Allah ibn Muskan from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “Once I asked abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), about the following words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ’... whatever they are avaricious about will be tied to their necks on the Day of Judgment..

(3:180) The Imam said, ‘O abu Muhammad, if one refuses to pay zakat Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, on the Day of Judgment will make a serpent of fire to curl around his neck and bite his flesh until He completes His judging all people.’ He then said, ’The words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, “Whatever they are avaricious about will be tied to their necks” is a reference to their avarice in paying zakat.”’ حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/13))