Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat Chapter: Minimum and Maximum Amount of Zakat Payable to a Needy Person َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَلاَّدٍ الْحَنَّاطِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠ِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لاَ يُعْطَى أَحَدٌ ٠ِنَ الزَّكَاةِ أَقَلَّ ٠َ وَهُوَ أَقَلُّ ٠َا فَرَضَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ٠ِنَ الزَّكَاةِ فِي أَ٠ِينَ فَلاَ يُعْطُوا أَحَداً ٠ِنَ الزَّكَاةِ أَقَلَّ ٠1.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from abu Wallad al-Hannat who has said the following: “I once heard abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ’Less than five dirham of Zakat must not be given to anyone. This is the minimum that Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has made obligatory on the assets of the Muslims.

Do not give anyone less than five dirham but give more and so on.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/87))