Ali Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Jamhour, from his father, from Ali Bin Hadeed, from Usman Bin Rusheyd, from Marouf bin Kharbouz,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far (asws) having said: ‘Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Paired

the Zakāt with the Salāt, so Heazwj Said: And establish the Salāt and give the Zakāt [2:43].

Thus, the one who establishes the Salāt and does not give the Zakāt (in fact) has not established the Salāt’.

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Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, altogether from Al Hassan Bin Ali Al Washa, from Aban, from Shuayb who said,

‘Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘Everything from the wealth which flows upon you, so purify it (pay Zakāt), and everything you inherit or is gifted to you, so face the next year with it.

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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ismail Bin Marrar, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Muskan, from Abu Bakr Al Hazramy,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘Rasool-Allah (saww) placed the Zakāt upon nine things – the wheat, and the Barley, and the dates, and the raisins, and the gold, and the silver, and the camels, and the cows, and the sheep, and excused from whatever was besides that.

Yunus (the narrator) said, ‘The meaning of his (asws) words that the Zakāt is regarding nine things and excused from whatever is besides that, rather, that was during the beginning of the Prophet-hood, just as the Salāt used to be two Cycles, then Rasool-Allah (saww) increased in it by seven Cycles, and similar to that is the Zakāt. He (saww) placed it and made it to be a  Sunnah in the beginning of his (saww) Prophet-hood, upon nine things, then he (saww) placed it  upon the entirety of the grains’.

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A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from hammad Bin Usman, from Rifa’at Bin Musa that,

‘He heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying: ‘Allah (azwj) has not Necessitated upon this community anything more difficult upon them than the Zakāt, and regarding it the common folk gets destroyed’.

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Retribution for those who refuse to pay Zakāt (Welfare Tax)

(Imam asws says in a lengthy Hadith) The prevention (Non-payment) of the obligatory Zakāt

[9:35] then their foreheads and their sides and their backs shall be branded with it. (an extract)

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(Imam asws says in a lengthy Hadith) Allahazwj has Said,
‘Triumphant indeed are the Momins,

(23:1) who are submissive to Allah in their prayers, (23:2) who avoid impious talks (23:3)  and pay al-Zakāt (charity).’ (23:4) (an extract)

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From him, from his father, raising it, said,

‘Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘The deceased would be questioned in his grave about five – about his Salaat, and his Zakāt, and his Hajj, and his Fasts, and his Vilayah of us (asws), the People (asws) of the Household. So the Wilayah would be saying from the side of the grave, to the other four: ‘Whatever enters, and it happens to be deficient, so it would be upon me to complete it’.

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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his
father, from Ibn Al Mugheira, from Al Mufazzal Bin Salih, from Jabir,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far (asws) having said: ‘Rasool-Allah (saww) said: ‘He is not the miser, the one who pays the Obligatory Zakāt from his wealth, and gives the gifts among his people. But rather, the miser, the real miser is the one who does not pay the Obligatory Zakāt from his wealth, and does not give the gifts among his people, and he squanders (misuses) in what is besides that.

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How Much is Welfare Tax (Zakāt)?

Ali Bin Muhammad, from the one who mentioned it, from Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al Mufazzal who said,

‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah (asws), and a man asked him (asws), ‘With regards to how much is the Zakāt Obligated from the wealth?’ So he (asws) said to him: ‘Is it the apparent Zakāt or the hidden Zakāt are you intending?’ So he said, ‘I intend both of them together’.

So he (asws) said: ‘As for the apparent, so it is twenty-five in every thousand, and as for the hidden, so not (considering it as too much) preferring your brother with what he is more needy to it than you are’.

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Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Al Washa,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza (asws) having said: ‘It was said to Abu Abdullah( asws), ‘For which thing did Allahazwj Make the Zakāt to be twenty-five (25) in every thousand (1000), and why did He (azwj) not Make it to be thirty (30)?’ So he (asws) said: ‘Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Made it as twenty five to be taken out from the wealth of the rich by a measurement of what would suffice the poor ones with, and if the people were to take out the Zakāt from their wealth, no one would be needy.

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Ahmad Bin Idrees and someone else, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Hafs, from Sabbah Al Haza’a, from Qusam,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah (asws), said, ‘I said to himasws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws)! Inform me about the Zakāt, ‘How did it come to be twenty five from every thousand, not happening to be less or more, what is its cause?’ So he (asws) said: ‘Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Created the creatures, all of them, so He (azwj) Knows their young ones and their old ones, and their rich ones and their poor ones. Therefore, He (azwj) Made twenty five human beings out of a thousand as poor. And had He (azwj) Known that that (amount) would be insufficient for them, He (azwj) would have Increased (the proportion) for them, because He (azwj) Created them, and He (azwj) is more Knowing of them.

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To Whom Should Welfare Tax should be Given?

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Hareyz, from Zurara and Muhammad Bin Muslim,

(The narrators) who both said to Abu Abdullah (asws),
‘What is yourasws view of the Words of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic
[9:60] But rather, the charities are only for the poor and the needy, and the officials (appointed) over them, and those whose hearts are made to  incline (to Truth) and the (ransoming of) captives and those in debts and in the Way of  Allah and the wayfarer; an Ordinance from Allah,

would all of them be given it and even to one who does not recognize (the Wilayah)?’ So he (asws) said: ‘The Imam asws would give to all of them, altogether, because they are acknowledging him asws with the obedience.

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘Supposing they are not recognizing (the Vilayah)?’ So he asws said: ‘Were heasws to give to the ones who do recognize (the Wilayah) besides the ones who do not recognize, he (asws) would not find a place for it, and rather he (asws) would give to the one who does not recognize (the Wilayah), for him to incline in the Religion, so he would be steadfast upon it. But, as for today, so you and your companions should not give it except to the ‘one’ who does recognize (the Wilayah). So, the one whom you find from these Muslims having recognized (the Vilayah), so give to him, among the rest (of people).

Then he asws said: ‘The share of those whose hearts incline (towards the Vilayah), and the share of the slaves, are of a general nature, and the remainder are specific.

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘Supposing one cannot find them?’ He asws said: ‘It cannot happen that an Obligation which Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic has Obligated, a deserving one cannot be found for it.

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘Supposing the charities are insufficient for them?’ So he asws said: ‘Allah azwj Obligated for the poor, in the wealth of the rich, what would suffice them, and had He azwj Known that it would not suffice the, He azwj would have Increased it for them.

It (poverty) did not come to them from the direction of the Obligation of Allah azwj, but they are deficient due to the one who prevents their rights (to be given to them), not from what Allah azwj has Obligated for them; and had the people paid their rights, they (the poor) would all be living a good life’.

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Imam (Hassan Al-Askari asws) said:
‘And establish the Salāt – by completing its Wuzu, and its Takbeers, and its standings, and its recitations, and its Rukus, and its Sajdas, and its limits. and give the Zakāt – to its deserving one, not giving it to a Kafir, nor a Nasibi.

Rasool-Allah saww said: ‘The giver of charity to our (asws) enemies is like the thief in the Harrum (Sanctuary) of Allah (azwj) (Kabah)

What about the Zakāt which is Given to anyone Other than a ‘Momin’?

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ismail Bin Saeed Al Ashary,

(It has been narrated) from Al-Reza asws, said, ‘I asked himasws about the Zakāt, ‘Can it be placed among the ones who do not recognise (Al-Wilayah)?’ He (asws) said: ‘No, nor the Zakāt  of Al-Fitra’.

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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Umar Bin Azina, from Zurara, and Bukeyr, and Al Fuzayl, and Muhammad Bin Muslim, and Bureyd Al Ijaly,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws and Abu Abdullahasws, both having said regarding the man who happens to be among one of these followers of personal desires – the Harouriyya, and the Murjiyya, and the Usmaniyya, and the Qadariyya. Then he repents and recognises this matter (Al-Wilayah), and his view (Emān) improves. Would he have to repeat every Salāt he had prayed, or Soām (Fast), or Zakāt, or Hajj, or there isn’t anything upon him to repeat from that?’ He asws said: ‘There is no repeating upon him from that other than the Zakāt. It is inevitable that he pays it, because he had placed the Zakāt in other that is (appropriate) place, and rather, its (appropriate) place is the people of Al-Vilayah’.

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How to Distribute Zakāt?

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Abdullah Bin Yahya, from

Abdullah Bin Muskan, from Abu Baseer who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws, ‘(What about) the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [9:60]

But rather, the charities are only for the poor and the needy?’ He asws said: ‘The ‘poor’ is the one who does not ask the people, and the needy is even more straitened than him, and the wretch is even more straitened than them. Thus, everything what Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic has Imposed upon you, so its public (giving) is superior than its secretive (giving), and everything what was voluntary, so its secretive (giving) is superior than its publicly (giving), and even if a man were to carry the Zakāt of his wealth upon his shoulders and distribute it publicly, that would be good, beautiful’.

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A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Uteyba Bin

Abdullah Bin Ijlan Al Sakuny who said,

‘I said to Abu Ja’far asws, ‘Sometimes I distribute something between my companions to maintain good relations by it. So how should I be giving to them?’ So he asws said: ‘Give to them upon the emigration in the Religion (towards Al-Wilayah), and the intellect, and the understanding’.

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Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, from Safwan Bin Yahya, and Ibn Abu Umeyr, altogether from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj who said,

‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan asws about the Zakāt, ‘Can I prefer some whom I give to from the ones who do not ask, over the others?’ He asws said: ‘Yes, you can prefer those who do not ask over those who do ask

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Is Zakāt Payable on Gold/Silver Ornaments?

Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Ibn Muskan, from Muhammad Al Halby,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws, said, ‘I asked himasws about the ornaments, ‘Is there Zakāt regarding it?’ He asws said: ‘No

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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Rifa’at who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws and one of them have asked him asws about the ornaments whether there is Zakāt regarding it. So he asws said: ‘No, and even if it (value) were to reached one hundred thousand

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