hadith
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Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Whoever does not fulfill his promise is not religious. Whoever is not trustworthy does not have faith. The prayers of those who do not pay the alms tax are not accepted. The payment of the alms tax by one who is not pious is not effective.”
وقال (عليه السلام): لا دين لمن لا عهد له، ولا إيمان لمن لا أمانة له، ولا صلاة لمن لا زكاة له، ولا زكاة لمن لا ورع له.
Similar narrations
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #149 Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The prayer of one who does not give the alms-tax is void, and the alms-tax of the impious is void.
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #3188 Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The one who does not pay the alms-tax is not considered as having prayed.