Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Charity for Descendents of al-Hashim and the People of Their Household (Servants) and Compensation to Them َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ ٠َاعِيلَ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ ٠ُونٍ قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) يَسْأَلُ شِهَاباً ٠ِنْ زَكَاتِهِ لِ٠َوَالِيهِ وَإِنَّ٠َتِ الزَّكَاةُ عَلَيْهِ٠10.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn Isma‘il from Tha’labah ibn Maymun who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), would ask Shihab (ibn ‘Abd Rabbihi) to pay zakat due from him to his (Imam’s) servants. It is not permissible for them (’A’immah) to receive zakat, but it is permissible for their servants.” كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/192))