Chapter on What Must Be Given Out from Charity and the Least Amount That Is Given

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 16
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 16

Chapter on What Must Be Given Out from Charity and the Least Amount That Is Given

مَا رَوَاهُ اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ كَمْ يُعْطَى اَلرَّجُلُ اَلْوَاحِدُ مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ قَالَ» أَعْطِهِ مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ حَتَّى تُغْنِيَهُ«.
What al-Husayn ibn Said narrated from Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, from Said ibn Ghazwan, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام: How much is one man to be given from zakat? Imam عليه السلام said: “Give him from zakat until you make him self-sufficient.”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 82
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 331