Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book of al-Zakat · Rules about Profits after Paying Zakat · Volume 3, book 5, chapter 15, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1 - محمد بن يحيى، عن أحمد بن محمد، والحسين بن محمد، عن معلى بن محمد جميعا عن الحسن بن علي الوشاء، عن أبان، عن شعيب قال: قال أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام): كل شئ جر عليك المال فزكه وكل شئ ورثته أو وهب لك فاستقبل به.

Published English translation

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad and al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla’ ibn Muhammad all from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Washsha’ from Aban from Shu’ayb who has said the following: “Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Whatever you gain by means of assets, pay Zakat thereof and whatever you receive as inheritance or gift, pay Zakat thereof after a year passes.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: موثق

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/49)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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