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Hadith 46
zakat
1642 - وَ رَوَى إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَحِلُّ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ اَلزَّكَاةَ وَ هُوَ لاَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهَا فَيَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا قَالَ «نَعَمْ» وَ قَالَ فِي اَلْفِطْرَةِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ.
Hadith.1642 - Isma'il ibn Jabir narrated: I said to Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) "Is it permissible for a man to take Zakat even though he does not need it, and then give it in charity?" Imam (as) replied: "Yes." Imam (as) also said the same regarding the Fitrah.
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq