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

Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Faddal, from Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn Hakim, from Jamil ibn Darraj, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام: “Is charity lawful for Banu Hashim?” Imam عليه السلام said: “No.” I (narrator) asked: “Is it lawful for their mawali?” Imam عليه السلام said: “It is lawful for their mawali, but it is not lawful for them, except the charities of some of them to others among them.”