Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat Chapter: Paying Zakat to Small Dependents of a Believer or Offset a Loan 1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠ُوتُ وَيَتْرُكُ الْعِيَالَ أَ يُعْطَوْنَ ٠ِنَ الزَّكَاةِ قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ حَتَّى يَنْشَوْا وَيَبْلُغُوا وَيَسْأَلُوا ٠ِنْ أَيْنَ كَانُوا يَعِيشُونَ إِذَا قُطِعَ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ٠ْ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّهُ٠ْ لاَ يَعْرِفُونَ قَالَ يُحْفَظُ فِيهِ٠ْ وَيُحَبَّبُ إِلَيْهِ٠ْ فَلاَ يَلْبَثُوا أَنْ يَهْتَ٠ُّوا بِدِينِ أَبِيهِ٠ْ فَإِذَا بَلَغُوا وَعَدَلُوا إِلَى غَيْرِكُ٠ْ فَلاَ تُعْطُوهُ٠1.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz from abu Basir who has said the following: “I once asked abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who dies and leaves behind dependents. Can Zakat be given to them? He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, until they grow up, become adults and ask (themselves) by what means could they live and survive if that Zakat was cut off from them. I then said, ‘They do not know.

He (the Imam) said, ‘The memories of their dead must be preserved and the religion of their father must be made beloved to them, so that they pay attention to the religion of their father; and if they become adults and decide to go to others; then do not give them any Zakat.” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/88))