Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book of al-Zakat · Rules about the Wealth Owned For Less Than a Year · Volume 3, book 5, chapter 14, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ لَهُ الْوُلْدُ فَيَغِيبُ بَعْضُ وُلْدِهِ فَلاَ يَدْرِي أَيْنَ هُوَ وَمَاتَ الرَّجُلُ فَكَيْفَ يُصْنَعُ بِمِيرَاثِ الْغَائِبِ مِنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ يُعْزَلُ حَتَّى يَجِي‏ءَ قُلْتُ فَعَلَى مَالِهِ زَكَاةٌ فَقَالَ لاَ حَتَّى يَجِي‏ءَ قُلْتُ فَإِذَا هُوَ جَاءَ أَ يُزَكِّيهِ فَقَالَ لاَ حَتَّى يَحُولَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَوْلُ فِي يَدِهِ.

Published English translation

1. Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Safwan ibn Yahya from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ibrahim (a.s.), about a man who has a certain number of children, a certain one of them disappears and he does not know where he is. The man dies. How his legacy is dealt with? He (the Imam) said, ‘His share is kept aside until he comes? I then asked, ‘Is there Zakat on his share?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No, until he comes.’ I then asked, ‘Is he required to pay Zakat as soon as he comes?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No, until one year passes with the asset in his hands.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول كالموثق

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/46)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: صحيح

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 18

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