Spending on Deserving Causes
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 35
9ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ مَوْلىً لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ هَلْ أَنْفَقْتَ الْيَوْمَ شَيْئاً قَالَ لا وَالله فَقَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) فَمِنْ أَيْنَ يُخْلِفُ الله عَلَيْنَا أَنْفِقْ وَلَوْ دِرْهَماً وَاحِداً.
9. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Safwan ibn Yahya from abu al-Hassan al-Rida عليه السلام, who has said the following: “The narrator has said, ‘Once, one of the servants of abu al-Hassan al-Rida عليه السلام, came in and the Imam asked, “Have you spent (for deserving causes) anything today?” He (the servant) replied, “No, I have not done so.” Abu al-Hassan عليه السلام, then said, “Wherefrom will Allah then grant us replacement? You must spend (for deserving causes), even if it would be one dirham only.’””
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/173)
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