Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat Chapter: Animals Subject to Zakat and Those Not Subject to Zakat َّادُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠ْ يُزَكِّ إِبِلَهُ أَوْ شَاتَهُ عَا٠َيْنِ فَبَاعَهَا عَلَى ٠َنِ اشْتَرَاهَا أَنْ يُزَكِّيَهَا لِ٠ِنْهُ زَكَاتُهَا وَيَتْبَعُ بِهَا الْبَائِعَ أَوْ يُؤَدِّيَ زَكَاتَهَا الْبَائِعُ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, Zakat is collected from him and the seller pursues him for payment or himself pays its Zakat.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/56))