[48] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ مُحَمَّدُ...

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, altogether from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Shuayb who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah -asws , ‘There is a lot of Zak ā t upon my brother. So, can I fulfil it or pay it on his behalf?’ So he -asws said to me: ‘And how is it for you with that?’ I said, ‘Precaution’. He -asws said: ‘Yes, then you relieve it from him’.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Muawiya Bin Ammar who said, ‘I said to him -asws , ‘A man is dying and upon him is five hundred Dirhams of Zak ā t , and upon him is the (performance) of Hajj of Al-Islam, and leaves three hundred Dirhams. So he bequeaths with (the performance of) the Hajj of Al-Islam, and that the debt of Zak ā t to be fulfilled from him’.

He -asws said: ‘Hajj would be performed on his behalf from the nearest of what can happen to be, and the remainder would be extracted regarding the Zak ā t ’.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ali Bin Yaqteen who said, ‘I said to Abu Al-Hassan -asws the 1 st , ‘A man dies, and upon him is the Zak ā t , and he bequeaths that the Zakāt be fulfilled from him, and his children are destitute. If it were to be handed over, that would be extremely harmful to them’.