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Hadith 915
Hadith #
915
Book
Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl
Volume
1
Section
42
Part
Punishments
Chapter
Punishment of not paying Zakat
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
3. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said, “One who owns gold and silver and does not pay Zakat; the Almighty Allah will do the accounting of his deeds in a barren desert on the Day of Judgment. He will appoint a serpent whose venom would have reached its hair from its head. The serpent will follow the person who will try to run away. However when he comes to know that it is difficult to save himself from the serpent, the person will try to defend himself using his hands. The serpent will pounce upon him within the twinkling of an eye and shackle him by his neck. This is in accordance with the saying of Allah: they shall have that whereof they were niggardly made to cleave to their necks on the resurrection day. Similarly one who owns camels, cows, sheep and goats and does not pay Zakat, the Almighty Allah will capture him in a barren desert. Every poisonous creature present over there will sting him. Similarly one who owns dates, grapes and farms and does not pay Zakat, the Almighty Allah will shackle him in the ring made as large as the seven layers of the earth.”
أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِیزٍ قَالَ
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَا مِنْ ذِی مَالٍ ذَهَبٍ وَ لَا فِضَّهٍ یَمْنَعُ زَکَاهَ مَالِهِ إِلَّا حَبَسَهُ اللَّهُ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ بِقَاعٍ قَرْقَرٍ سَلَّطَ عَلَیْهِ شُجَاعاً أَقْرَعَ یُرِیدُهُ وَ هُوَ یَحِیدُ عَنْهُ فَإِذَا رَأَی أَنَّهُ لَا یَتَخَلَّصُ مِنْهُ و أَمْکَنَهُ مِنْ یَدِهِ فَقَضَمَهَا کَمَا یُقْضَمُ الْفُجْلُ حَتَّی یَصِیرَ طَوْقاً فِی عُنُقِهِ وَ ذَلِکَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- سَیُطَوَّقُونَ ما بَخِلُوا بِهِ یَوْمَ الْقِیامَهِ وَ مَا مِنْ ذِی مَالٍ وَ إِبِلٍ أَوْ بَقَرٍ أَوْ غَنَمٍ یَمْنَعُ زَکَاهَ مَالِهِ إِلَّا حَبَسَهُ اللَّهُ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ بِقَاعٍ قَرْقَرٍ یَطَؤُهُ کُلُّ ذِی ظِلْفٍ بِظِلْفِهَا وَ یَنْهَشُهُ کُلُّ ذِی نَابٍ بِنَابِهَا وَ مَا مِنْ ذِی مَالٍ نَخْلٍ أَوْ کَرْمٍ أَوْ زَرْعٍ یَمْنَعُ زَکَاتَهَا إِلَّا طَوَّقَهُ اللَّهُ رَیْعَهَ أَرْضِهِ إِلَی سَبْعِ أَرَضِینَ إِلَی یَوْمِ الْقِیَامَهِ.
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