Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat Chapter: Zakat Paid To Those Who Do Not Believe in the Divine Authority of ’A’immah 4ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠ِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ صَبِيحٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي شِهَابُ بْنُ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ أَقْرِئْ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) عَنِّي السَّلاَ٠ْهُ أَنَّهُ يُصِيبُنِي فَزَعٌ فِي ٠ِي قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ شِهَاباً يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلاَ٠َ وَيَقُولُ لَكَ إِنَّهُ يُصِيبُنِي فَزَعٌ فِي ٠ِي قَالَ قُلْ لَهُ فَلْيُزَكِّ ٠َالَهُ قَالَ فَأَبْلَغْتُ شِهَاباً ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لِي فَتُبْلِغُهُ عَنِّي فَقُلْتُ نَعَ٠ْ فَقَالَ قُلْ لَهُ إِنَّ الصِّبْيَانَ فَضْلاً عَنِ الرِّجَالِ لَيَعْلَ٠ُونَ أَنِّي أُزَكِّي ٠َالِي قَالَ فَأَبْلَغْتُهُ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قُلْ لَهُ إِنَّكَ تُخْرِجُهَا وَلاَ تَضَعُهَا فِي ٠4.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Jamil ibn Darraj formal-Walid ibn Sabih who has said the following: “Shihab ibn “Abd Rabbihi once asked me to convey his Salam (greeting of peace) to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and that he becomes terrified in his sleep. I then said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), that Shihab has offered Salam (greeting of peace) and has said that he becomes terrified in his sleep.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Tell him to pay Zakat of his assets.’ I then conveyed the message to Shihab and he asked me, ‘Will you deliver to him (the Imam) a message?’ I replied, ‘Yes, I can do so.’ He said, ‘Tell him (the Imam) that even children, not to mention adults, know that I pay Zakat obligatory on my assets.’ I (the narrator) then conveyed the message to him (the Imam) and abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said, ‘Say to him that he pays Zakat due on his assets but he does not give it to a proper beneficiary.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/84))