Chapter on the Man Who Feels Shy to Take Zakat and is Given in Another Form
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 4
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 4
Chapter on the Man Who Feels Shy to Take Zakat and is Given in Another Form
1 hadith
رَوَى عَاصِمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ اَلرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا يَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ فَأُعْطِيهِ مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ وَ لاَ أُسَمِّي لَهُ أَنَّهَا مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ فَقَالَ «أَعْطِهِ وَ لاَ تُسَمِّ لَهُ وَ لاَ تُذِلَّ اَلْمُؤْمِنَ ».
Asim ibn Humayd reported from Abu Basir, who said: I said to Abu Ja’far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام "A man from among our companions feels embarrassed to take from Zakat. Can I give it to him without telling him that it is from Zakat?" The Imam عليه السلام replied: "Give it to him without mentioning that it is Zakat, and do not humiliate the believer."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 78