Chapter on Additions Regarding Zakat
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 29
وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ» وَ إِنْ تُخْفُوهٰا وَتُؤْتُوهَا اَلْفُقَرٰاءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ« فَقَالَ» هِيَ سِوَى اَلزَّكَاةِ فَإِنَّ اَلزَّكَاةَ عَلاَنِيَةٌ غَيْرُ سِرٍّ«.
And from him, from Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Ishaq ibn Ammar, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him:
(Imam عليه السلام was asked) regarding the saying of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Mighty and Majestic, ‘To give charity publicly is good, but to give to the poor privately is better for you.’ (Surah al-Baqarah 2:271) Imam عليه السلام said: "It is other than zakat, for zakat is public, not secret."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 131
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