مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٤١٤ - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS RELATING TO ZAKAT

which became obligatory on him. and the property, on which Zakat was due, is also available, he shouldgive Zakat, though his doubt is with regard to Zakat for earlier years. And if the original property has perished, no Zakat is due on it although the doubt relates to Zakatfor the present year.
١٩٨٩. X pauper cannot make compromise for a quantity less than the quantity of Zakat, or accept as Zakat something at a price higher than its real price, or takeZakat from its owner and then make a present of it to him. However, if a person owes too much Zakat, and has become a pauper and cannot pay Zakat, and repents, the pauper cantake Zakat from him and then make a present of it to him.
١٩٩٠. A person can purchase the Holy Quran or religious books or prayer books from the Zakat property and give them in trust, even though the trust is in favor ofhis children or persons whose expenditure is obligatory on him to bear. Moreover, he himself or his children can be the custodians of that trust.
١٩٩١.A person cannot purchase property with Zakat and endow it upon his children or upon persons whose expenditure is obligatory on him to bear, so that they maymeet their expenses with the income accruing from it.
١٩٩٢. A person can take Zakat from the share of Cause of Allah to go for Hajj,. Ziyarat etc. although he may not be a pauper or may have taken Zakat for hisexpenses for the year.
١٩٩٣. If the owner of a property makes a pauper his agent to give away Zakat of his property, and the pauper is not certain that the intention of the owner was thathe himself (i.e. the pauper) should not take anything out of Zakat, he can take as much out of it as he gives to the other pauper.
١٩٩٤. If a pauper gets camel, cow, sheep, gold and silver as zakat and the conditions for Zakat becoming obligatory. are present in them, he should give Zakat onthem.
١٩٩٥. If two persons are joint owners of a property, on which