Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat Chapter: Who Can Lawfully Receive Zakat and Who Cannot 6ـ صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠ُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ لَهُ ثَلاَثُ٠ٍ وَلَهُ عِيَالٌ وَهُوَ يَحْتَرِفُ فَلاَ يُصِيبُ نَفَقَتَهُ فِيهَا أَ يُكِبُّ فَيَأْكُلَهَا وَلاَ يَأْخُذَ الزَّكَاةَ أَوْ يَأْخُذُ الزَّكَاةَ قَالَ لاَ بَلْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى فَضْلِهَا فَيَقُوتُ بِهَا نَفْسَهُ وَ٠َنْ وَسِعَهُ ذَلِكَ ٠ِنْ عِيَالِهِ وَيَأْخُذُ الْبَقِيَّةَ ٠ِنَ الزَّكَاةِ وَيَتَصَرَّفُ بِهَذِهِ لاَ يُنْفِقُهَا.

He (the Imam) said, ‘No, he must use the extra (profit from his dirham not the capital) for his expenses and his dependents and receive the deficit from Zakat, use dirham in business and must not spend it.’”