Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Hadith 183
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1585 - وَ رَوَى أَيُّوبُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «مَانِعُ اَلزَّكَاةِ يُطَوَّقُ بِحَيَّةٍ قَرْعَاءَ تَأْكُلُ مِنْ دِمَاغِهِ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: «۝ سَيُطَوَّقُونَ مٰا بَخِلُوا بِهِ يَوْمَ اَلْقِيٰامَةِ ۝» »
Hadith.1585 - Ayyub ibn Rashid reported from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) who said: "The one who withholds Zakat will be encircled by a bald snake that will eat from his brain. This is the meaning of Allah’s (swt) statement: 'They will be encircled by what they withheld on the Day of Resurrection' (Surah Ali ‘Imran 3:180)."
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

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