Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat Chapter: Who Can Lawfully Receive Zakat and Who Cannot 1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) يَقُولُ يَأْخُذُ الزَّكَاةَ صَاحِبُ السَّبْعِ٠ْ يَجِدْ غَيْرَهُ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّ صَاحِبَ السَّبْعِ٠ِائَةِ تَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ الزَّكَاةُ قَالَ زَكَاتُهُ صَدَقَةٌ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ وَلاَ يَأْخُذُهَا إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِذَا اعْتَ٠َدَ عَلَى السَّبْعِ٠ِائَةِ أَنْفَدَهَا فِي أَقَلَّ ٠ِنْ سَنَةٍ فَهَذَا يَأْخُذُهَا وَلاَ تَحِلُّ الزَّكَاةُ لِ٠ُحْتَرِفاً وَعِنْدَهُ ٠َا يَجِبُ فِيهِ الزَّكَاةُ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘His Zakat is charity for his dependents and he must not receive charity (Zakat) except if he depends on seven hundred and it finishes before the end of the year, in which case he can accept charity (Zakat). Zakat is not lawful for one who has a profession or something on which Zakat is due.’” جهول وسنده الثاني ٠رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/114))