Chapter on the Virtue of Charity
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 20
وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «دَاوُوا مَرْضَاكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَ اِدْفَعُوا اَلْبَلاَءَ بِالدُّعَاءِ وَ اِسْتَنْزِلُوا اَلرِّزْقَ بِالصَّدَقَةِ فَإِنَّهَا تَفُكُّ مِنْ بَيْنِ لَحْيَيْ سَبْعِمِائَةِ شَيْطَانٍ وَ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَثْقَلَ عَلَى اَلشَّيْطَانِ مِنَ اَلصَّدَقَةِ عَلَى اَلْمُؤْمِنِ وَ هِيَ تَقَعُ فِي يَدِ اَلرَّبِّ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقَعَ فِي يَدِ اَلْعَبْدِ ».
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "Treat your sick ones with charity, ward off tribulations with supplication, and seek sustenance through charity. Charity releases the grip of seven hundred devils. There is nothing heavier on Satan than charity given to a believer. It reaches the hand of the Lord عز وجل, blessed and exalted, before it reaches the hand of the servant."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh