Chapter on the Virtue of Charity
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 20
وَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «لَوْ يَعْلَمُ اَلسَّائِلُ مَا فِي اَلْمَسْأَلَةِ مَا سَأَلَ أَحَدٌ أَحَداً وَ لَوْ يَعْلَمُ اَلْمُعْطِي مَا فِي اَلْعَطِيَّةِ مَا رَدَّ أَحَدٌ أَحَداً».
Imam Abu Ja'far عليه السلام said: "If the one who asks knew what [burden] lies in asking, no one would ask another for anything; and if the giver knew what [reward] lies in giving, no one would refuse anyone."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh