Muhammad ibn Yaqub, from Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad, from Hariz, from Zurarah, who said: I (narrator) asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, about ‘a man to whom a brother of his sent zakat so that he would distribute it, and it was lost.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “There is no liability upon the messenger, nor upon the one who pays it.” So I (narrator) asked: “Then if he does not find people entitled to it, and it spoils and changes, is he liable for it?” Imam عليه السلام said: “No. But if he knows people entitled to it, and it perishes or spoils, then he is liable for it from the time he delayed it.”