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

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.”