Chapter on the Rights of Harvest and Gathering
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 8
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ مُصَادِفٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي أَرْضٍ لَهُ وَ هُمْ يَصْرِمُونَ فَجَاءَ سَائِلٌ يَسْأَلُ فَقُلْتُ اَللَّهُ يَرْزُقُكَ فَقَالَ «مَهْ لَيْسَ ذَاكَ لَكُمْ حَتَّى تُعْطُوا ثَلاَثَةً فَإِنْ أَعْطَيْتُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَلَكُمْ وَ إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ».
It is narrated from Musadif, who said: I was with Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام on his land while they were harvesting. A beggar came asking for something, and I said, "May Allah سبحانه وتعالى provide for you." The Imam عليه السلام said: "Hold on! That is not for you to say until you have given three times. After you have given three times, if you give more, it is for you (to decide), and if you withhold, it is also for you (to decide)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh