مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٤١١ - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS RELATING TO ZAKAT
his property. And as regards gold, silver, cow, sheep and camel Zakat on
them should be given to a pauper or separated from ones property after
the expiry of eleven months. However, if he awaits a particular pauper
or wishes to give it to a pauper who is superior for some reason, he may
not separate the Zakat.
١٩٧٠. It is not necessary that after separating
zakat, a person should pay it at once to a person entitled to it.
However, if a person to whom Zakat can be given isavailable the
recommended precaution is that payment of Zakat should not be delayed.
١٩٧١. If a person who can deliver Zakat to a
person entitled to it does not give it to him and it perishes on account
of his negligence he should give compensationfor it.
١٩٧٢. If a person, who can deliver Zakat to a
person entitled to it does not give the Zakat and it perishes without
his being negligent in looking after it, and ifhe has delayed its
payment so much that people do not say that he has paid it at once, he
should give its substitute. And if he has not delayed it so much - for
example, ifhe has delayed its payment for two or three hours and if a
person entitled to Zakat was not available, he is not required to pay
anything. And if a person entitled to receiveZakat was available the
person concerned should, on the basis of obligatory precaution, give its
substitute.
١٩٧٣. If a person separates Zakat hem that very
property. on which it has become due, he can appropriate the remaining
quantity, and if he separates it from anotherproperty owned by him he
can appropriate the entire property.
١٩٧٤. When a person has separated Zakat from his property. he cannot utilize it and place something else in its place.
١٩٧٥. If some profit accrues from the Zakat
which a person has set apart - for example, it a sheep which has been
ear-marked for Zakat gives birth to a lamb - it isthe property of a
pauper.
١٩٧٦. If one entitled to Zakat is present when a person separates Zakat from his property, it is better that he should give