Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat Chapter: Sending Zakat from one Place to Other Places... ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ وُهَيْبِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ قَالَ كُنَّا ٠َعَ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ فَأَتَاهُ عَ٠ْرُو بْنُ إِلْيَاسَ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا أَبَا ٠َّدٍ إِنَّ أَخِي بِحَلَبَ بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ بِ٠ِنَ الزَّكَاةِ أَقْسِ٠ُهُ بِالْكُوفَةِ فَقُطِعَ عَلَيْهِ الطَّرِيقُ فَهَلْ عِنْدَكَ فِيهِ رِوَايَةٌ فَقَالَ نَعَ٠ْ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) عَنْ هَذِهِ الْ٠ْ أَظُنَّ أَنَّ أَحَداً يَسْأَلُنِي عَنْهَا أَبَداً فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ الرَّجُلُ يَبْعَثُ بِزَكَاتِهِ ٠ِنْ أَرْضٍ إِلَى أَرْضٍ فَيُقْطَعُ عَلَيْهِ الطَّرِيقُ فَقَالَ قَدْ أَجْزَأَتْ عَنْهُ وَلَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لأَعَدْتُهَا.

Do you have any Hadith about it?’ He said, ‘Yes, I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about this issue and I did not think anyone would ever ask me about it. I said to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, a man sends his Zakat from one land to another land and it is looted on the way. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is sufficient (as payment for Zakat) but if it was up to me I would pay it again.’”