Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat Chapter: Rules about Leftovers of Household Expenses ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) فِي رَجُلٍ وَضَعَ لِعِيَالِهِ أَلْفَ دِرْهَ٠ٍ نَفَقَةً فَحَالَ عَلَيْهَا الْحَوْلُ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ ٠اً زَكَّاهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ غَائِباً لَ٠2.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from certain persons of our people who has said the following: “He once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who leaves one thousand dirham for the expenses of his family and it remains with them for one complete year is there Zakat on it?

He (the Imam) said, ‘If he stays Zakat is due, but if he is absent, Zakat is not due on it.’” حسن كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/80))