Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat Chapter: Jewelries, Ornaments Are Not Subject to Zakat 7ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ أَخِي يُوسُفَ وُلِّيَ لِهَؤُلاَءِ الْقَوْ٠َالاً أَصَابَ فِيهَا أَ٠ْوَالاً كَثِيرَةً وَإِنَّهُ جَعَلَ تِلْكَ الأ٠ْوَالَ حُلِيّاً أَرَادَ أَنْ يَفِرَّ بِهَا ٠ِنَ الزَّكَاةِ أَ عَلَيْهِ الزَّكَاةُ قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَى الْحُلِيِّ زَكَاةٌ وَ٠َا أَدْخَلَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ ٠ِنَ النُّقْصَانِ فِي وَضْعِهِ وَ٠َنْعِهِ نَفْسَهُ فَضْلُهُ أَكْثَرُ ٠7.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ’Isa from Hariz from Harun ibn Kharijah who has said the following: “I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), that my brother, Yusuf accepts employment from these people from which he has earned great amounts of wealth and has turned them into jewelries to avoid Zakat. Is there Zakat on it?

He (the Imam) said, ‘Zakat is not due on jewelries; however, the loss that he has caused to himself in this way and depriving himself of the virtue of paying Zakat is greater than his fear of paying Zakat.” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/35))