Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ لاَ تُؤْخَذُ أَكُولَةٌ وَالأكُولَةُ الْكَبِيرَةُ ٠ِنَ الشَّاةِ تَكُونُ فِي الْغَنَ٠ِ وَلاَ وَالِدُهُ وَلاَ الْكَبْشُ الْفَحْلُ. 3.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn ‘Uthman ibn ’Isa from Sama‘ah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ’Akulah is not accepted. It is the great ewe among sheep, or the one that gives birth to it, as well as its breeder.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/68))