Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book of al-Zakat · Zakat of Camels · Volume 3, book 5, chapter 18, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ وَأَبِي بَصِيرٍ وَبُرَيْدٍ الْعِجْلِيِّ وَالْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَالاَ فِي صَدَقَةِ الإِبِلِ فِي كُلِّ خَمْسٍ شَاةٌ إِلَى أَنْ تَبْلُغَ خَمْساً وَعِشْرِينَ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ ذَلِكَ فَفِيهَا ابْنَةُ مَخَاضٍ ثُمَّ لَيْسَ فِيهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ خَمْساً وَثَلاَثِينَ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ خَمْساً وَثَلاَثِينَ فَفِيهَا ابْنَةُ لَبُونٍ ثُمَّ لَيْسَ فِيهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ خَمْساً وَأَرْبَعِينَ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ خَمْساً وَأَرْبَعِينَ فَفِيهَا حِقَّةٌ طَرُوقَةُ الْفَحْلِ ثُمَّ لَيْسَ فِيهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ سِتِّينَ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ سِتِّينَ فَفِيهَا جَذَعَةٌ ثُمَّ لَيْسَ فِيهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ خَمْساً وَسَبْعِينَ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ خَمْساً وَسَبْعِينَ فَفِيهَا ابْنَتَا لَبُونٍ ثُمَّ لَيْسَ فِيهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ تِسْعِينَ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ تِسْعِينَ فَفِيهَا حِقَّتَانِ طَرُوقَتَا الْفَحْلِ ثُمَّ لَيْسَ فِيهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةً فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةً فَفِيهَا حِقَّتَانِ طَرُوقَتَا الْفَحْلِ فَإِذَا زَادَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ عَلَى عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةٍ فَفِي كُلِّ خَمْسِينَ حِقَّةٌ وَفِي كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ ابْنَةُ لَبُونٍ ثُمَّ تَرْجِعُ الإِبِلُ عَلَى أَسْنَانِهَا وَلَيْسَ عَلَى النَّيِّفِ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَلاَ عَلَى الْكُسُورِ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَلَيْسَ عَلَى الْعَوَامِلِ شَيْ‏ءٌ إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ عَلَى السَّائِمَةِ الرَّاعِيَةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا فِي الْبُخْتِ السَّائِمَةِ شَيْ‏ءٌ قَالَ مِثْلُ مَا فِي الإِبِلِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ.

Published English translation

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz from Zurarah, Muhammad ibn Muslim, abu Basir, Burayd al-‘ljliy and al-Fudayl who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far, and abu ’Abd Allah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, have said that the amount of Zakat on camel is one sheep for every five camels, until they number twenty-five in which case it is one Ibnatu Makhad. Thereafter there is no increase in Zakat until the number reaches thirty-five, in which case Zakat is one Ibnatu Labun. Thereafter there is no increase in Zakat until the number reaches forty-five, in which case Zakat is one Hiqqah Taruqah al-Fahl. Thereafter there is no increase in Zakat until the number reaches sixty, in which case Zakat is one Jadha‘ah. Thereafter there is no increase in Zakat until the number reaches seventy-five, in which case Zakat is Ibnata Labun. Thereafter there is no increase in Zakat until the number reaches ninety, in which case Zakat is Hiqqatan Taruqat al-Fahl. Thereafter there is no increase in Zakat until the number reaches one hundred twenty, in which case Zakat is Hiqqatan Taruqata al-Fahl. If one more camel increases, thereafter, on every fifty, Zakat is one Hiqqah and on every forty, Zakat is one Ibnatu Labun. All additional camels from this point on are calculated according to the numbers already mentioned. Zakat is not due on what is between two numbers as well as on fractions, or working camels. Only camels that graze in pastures are subject to Zakat. He (the narrator) has said that he then asked, Is non- Arabic camel which grazes subject to Zakat? 5 He (the Imam) said, It is just like Arabic camels.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: حسنه الفضلء

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/57)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: صحيح

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 21

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