He said: "There are three things which, whoever does them, will have tasted the sweetness of faith: whoever worships Allah alone—knowing there is no god but He—and gives the zakat of his wealth willingly, seeking to please himself with it, supporting him (the tax collector) every year, and does not give the aged, nor the scab-ridden, nor the sick, nor the wretched refuse, but rather from the middle of your wealth; for Allah did not ask you for its best, nor did He command you to give its worst." Rafida means (13) aiding (14); darina means the scab-ridden; and sharat means the base or lowly quality of wealth.

409 - Issue: He said: (And the young sheep [sakhla] is counted against them, but it is not taken from them.)

The sakhla, with a fatha or kasra on the sin, is the young of goats. Its collective ruling is that whenever one possesses a complete nisa (minimum taxable threshold) and young are born from it during the year, zakat becomes mandatory on all of them upon the completion of the mothers' year, according to the opinion of the majority of scholars. It is narrated from al-Hasan and al-Nakha'i that there is no zakat on the young until a full year has passed over them, based on his saying (peace be upon him): "There is no zakat on wealth until a year has passed over it (1)." Our argument is what was narrated from Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said to his collector: "Count the sakhla against them, for the shepherd to bring it along with him, but do not take it from them (2)." This is the school of Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, and we do not know of any opposing view from their era, so it constitutes a consensus (ijma'). Furthermore, it is the growth of the nisa', so it must be joined to it for the year, like trade goods, and the report [cited by the opponents] is specific to trade goods, so we draw an analogy to it. As for if the nisa' is not completed except with the young...