The Rewards & Punishments of Deeds · Hadith 914 (#Ḥadīth #1)

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ یَعْقُوبَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْکَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- سَیُطَوَّقُونَ ما بَخِلُوا بِهِ یَوْمَ الْقِیامَهِ قَالَ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مَنَعَ زَکَاهَ مَالِهِ شَیْئاً إِلَّا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ ذَلِکَ لَهُ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ ثُعْبَاناً مِنْ نَارٍ طَوْقاً فِی عُنُقِهِ یَنْهَشُ مِنْ لَحْمِهِ حَتَّی یَفْرُغَ مِنَ الْحِسَابِ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- سَیُطَوَّقُونَ ما بَخِلُوا بِهِ یَوْمَ الْقِیامَهِ قَالَ مَا بَخِلُوا بِهِ مِنَ الزَّکَاهِ.

1. My father said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ya’qub b. Yazid from Muhammad b. Abi ’Umayr from Abdillah b. Muskan from Muhammad b. Muslim who said: The narrator asked Imam Muhammad Baqir regarding the verse: they shall have that whereof they were niggardly made to cleave to their necks on the resurrection day. Imam replied, “For one who does not pay Zakat from his wealth, the Almighty Allah will make a serpent of fire from that wealth and put it around the neck of that person on the Day of Judgment. This serpent will sting the person continuously till the time he is giving account of his deeds. According to that verse, acting miserly in spending wealth means non payment of Zakat.”

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