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hadith 715
Hadith #
715
Book
Mishkāt al-Anwār
Volume
1
Part
Section 3 - On Good Deeds and Noble Traits
Chapter
Chapter 8 - On Science, Scientists, Teaching, Learning and Using Science
Source
ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭabrisī
۞
Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “There is an alms tax for everything. The alms tax for knowledge is teaching.”
عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال
إن لكل شئ زكاة وزكاة العلم أن تعلمه أهله.
Tags WisdomZakat

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  • Mīzān al-Ḥikma #168 Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Verily upon everything is its zakat, and the zakat of knowledge is to teach it to those who are worthy of it.
  • Mīzān al-Ḥikma #2216 Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily upon everything is its zakat, and the zakat of knowledge is to teach it to those who are worthy of it.
  • Al-Kāfi #96 “Zakat, the tax, on knowledge is teaching it to the servants of Allah.”
  • Ghurar al-Ḥikam #6947 Imam Ali (AS) said, The alms-tax of knowledge is granting it to the one who deserves it and exerting the self to act upon it.
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