Chapter on What Is Lawful for Banu Hashim and Unlawful from Zakat

Muhammad ibn Yaqub, from Ahmad ibn Idris, from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Jabbar and Muhammad ibn Ismail, from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan, all of them from Safwan ibn Yahya, from Is ibn al-Qasim, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: Imam عليه السلام said: “Indeed, some people from Banu Hashim came to the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, and asked Him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم to appoint them over the charities of the livestock. They said: “This share which Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Mighty and Majestic, has assigned for those who work over it would be for us, and we are more entitled to it.” So the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, said: “O Banu Abd al-Muttalib, charity is not lawful for Me صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم nor for you, but I have been promised intercession.” Then Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, said: “Bear witness, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم was certainly promised it (intercession). So what do you think, O Banu Abd al-Muttalib, when I take hold of the ring of the gate of Paradise? Do you see me preferring others over you?”

And from him, from Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad, from Hariz, from Muhammad ibn Muslim and Zurarah, from Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him, and Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who both said: Imam عليه السلام said: “The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, said: ‘Indeed, charity is the impurities of the hands of the people, and indeed Allah سبحانه وتعالى has forbidden for me from it, and from other than it, what He عز وجل has forbidden. For charity is not lawful for Banu Abd al-Muttalib.” Then the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: “Indeed, by Allah سبحانه وتعالى, if I were to stand at the gate of Paradise and then take hold of its ring, you would certainly know that I do not prefer others over you. So be pleased for yourselves with what Allah سبحانه وتعالى and His Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم are pleased with for you.” They (Banu Abd al-Muttalib) said: “We are pleased.”

Al-Husayn ibn Said, from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, from Hammad ibn Uthman, from Ismail ibn al-Fadl al-Hashimi, who said: I (narrator) asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, about ‘the charity which was forbidden for Banu Hashim, what is it?’ Imam عليه السلام said: “It is zakat.” I (narrator) asked: “Then is the charity of some of them (Banu Hashim) lawful for others among them (other Banu Hashim)?” Imam عليه السلام said: “Yes.”

Sa’ad ibn Abdullah, from Musa ibn al-Hasan, from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hamid, from al-Fadl ibn Salih, from Abu Usamah Zayd al-Shahham, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام about ‘the charity which was forbidden for them (Banu Hashim).’ Imam عليه السلام said: “It is the obligatory zakat, and the charity of some of us (Banu Hashim) to others among us (Banu Hashim) has not been forbidden for us.”

Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from al-Husayn, from al-Nadr, from Ibn Sinan, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: Imam عليه السلام said: “Charity is not lawful for the children of al-Abbas, nor for their counterparts from Banu Hashim.”

Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Faddal, from Ibrahim ibn Hashim, from Hammad ibn Isa, from Hariz, from Zurarah, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: Imam عليه السلام said: “Their mawali (owned slaves) are from them, and charity from a stranger is not lawful for their mawali, and there is no harm in the charities of their mawali being given to them.” Then Imam عليه السلام said: “Indeed, if justice existed, no ‘Hashimi’ (Banu Hashim) nor ‘Muttalibi’ (Banu Abd al-Muttalib) would need charity. Indeed, Allah سبحانه وتعالى has placed for them in His سبحانه وتعالى Book (Quran) that wherein there is their sufficiency.” And Imam عليه السلام said: “Indeed, when a man does not find anything, carrion and charity become lawful for him; and it is not lawful for any one of them unless he does not find anything and is among those for whom carrion is lawful.”

Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Faddal, from Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn Hakim, from Jamil ibn Darraj, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام: “Is charity lawful for Banu Hashim?” Imam عليه السلام said: “No.” I (narrator) asked: “Is it lawful for their mawali?” Imam عليه السلام said: “It is lawful for their mawali, but it is not lawful for them, except the charities of some of them to others among them.”

As for the report which Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Faddal narrated from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hashim, from Abu Khadijah, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: Imam عليه السلام said: “Give from zakat to Banu Hashim, whoever among them wants it, for it is lawful for them. It is only forbidden for the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, and for the Imam عليه السلام who comes after him, and for the Imams عليه السلام, peace be upon them.”

Sa’ad ibn Abdullah, from Abu Jafar, from Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Bazi, who said: I (narrator) sent dinars to Imam al-Ridha عليه السلام, peace be upon him, on behalf of some of my family, and I wrote to Imam عليه السلام informing him that among them was zakat, seventy-five, and the remainder was a gift. Imam عليه السلام, peace be upon him, wrote in his own handwriting: “I have received it.” And I (narrator) sent to Imam عليه السلام dinars belonging to me and to others, and I wrote to Imam عليه السلام that they were from the fitrah of the dependents. Imam عليه السلام, peace be upon him, wrote in his own handwriting: “I have received it.”

Muhammad ibn Yaqub, from Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn, from Muhammad ibn Ismail, from Thalabah ibn Maymun, who said: Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, used to ask Shihab for some of his zakat for his mawali, “and zakat was only forbidden for them (the Imams عليه السلام), not for their mawali.”

Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Faddal, from Ibrahim ibn Hashim, from Hammad ibn Isa, from Hariz, from Zurarah, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I said to Imam عليه السلام: “The charities of Banu Hashim, of some of them to others among them, are they lawful for them?” Imam عليه السلام said: “Yes. The charity of the Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, is lawful for all people, from Banu Hashim and others besides them. And the charities of some of them (Banu Hashim) to others among them are lawful for them, but the charities of a stranger (non Banu Hashim) are not lawful for them.”

Sa’ad ibn Abdullah, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from al-Husayn ibn Said, from Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, from Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, that he said: Imam عليه السلام said: “If charity had been forbidden for us (Banu Hashim), it would not be lawful for us to go out to Mecca, because every water between Mecca and Madinah is charity.”

Muhammad ibn Yaqub, from Muhammad ibn Ismail, from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan, from Safwan, from Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj, from Jafar ibn Ibrahim al-Hashimi, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I (narrator) said: “Is charity lawful for Banu Hashim?” Imam عليه السلام said: “That is only the obligatory charity upon the people; it is not lawful for us (Banu Hashim). As for other than that, there is no harm in it. And if it were like that, they (Banu Hashim) would not be able to go out to Mecca; these waters, most of them, are charity.”