Chapter on Distinguishing the People of Khums and Those Entitled to It from Those Whom Allah Mentioned in the Quran
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 36
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 36
Chapter on Distinguishing the People of Khums and Those Entitled to It from Those Whom Allah Mentioned in the Quran
عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ اَلزَّعْفَرَانِيِّ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ اَلْهِلاَلِيِّ عَنْ أَمِيرِ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ كَلاَماً كَثِيراً ثُمَّ قَالَ:» وَ أَعْطِهِمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ سَهْمَ ذِي اَلْقُرْبَى قَالَ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى» إِنْ كُنْتُمْ آمَنْتُمْ بِاللّٰهِ وَ مٰا أَنْزَلْنٰا عَلىٰ عَبْدِنٰا يَوْمَ اَلْفُرْقٰانِ يَوْمَ اِلْتَقَى اَلْجَمْعٰانِ« نَحْنُ وَ اَللَّهِ عُنِيَ بِذِي اَلْقُرْبَى وَ هُمُ اَلَّذِينَ قَرَنَهُمُ اَللَّهُ بِنَفْسِهِ وَبِنَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فَقَالَ» فَأَنَّ لِلّٰهِ خُمُسَهُ وَ لِلرَّسُولِ وَ لِذِي اَلْقُرْبىٰ وَ اَلْيَتٰامىٰ وَ اَلْمَسٰاكِينِ وَ اِبْنِ اَلسَّبِيلِ« مِنَّا خَاصَّةً وَ لَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَنَا فِي سَهْمِ اَلصَّدَقَةِ نَصِيباً أَكْرَمَ اَللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ وَ أَكْرَمَنَا أَنْ يُطْعِمَنَا أَوْسَاخَ أَيْدِي اَلنَّاسِ«.
Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Faddal, from Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Za'farani, from Hammad ibn Isa, from Umar ibn Udhaynah, from Aban ibn Abi Ayyash, from Sulaym ibn Qays al-Hilali, from the Commander of the Believers عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said:
I (narrator) heard Imam Ali عليه السلام speaking many words, then Imam عليه السلام said: "And give them, from all of that, the share of the near relative. Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, said: ‘If you have believed in Allah سبحانه وتعالى and what We revealed to Our servant on that decisive day when the two armies met (at Badr).’ (Surah Al-Anfal 8:41) We (Ahlul Bayt عليه السلام), by Allah سبحانه وتعالى, are those meant by the ‘near relative’, and they are those whom Allah سبحانه وتعالى joined with Himself سبحانه وتعالى and with His blessed Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family.” Then Imam عليه السلام said: “Then indeed, for Allah سبحانه وتعالى is its fifth, and for the Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, and for the near relative, and the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer, from us (Ahlul Bayt عليه السلام) specifically. And Allah سبحانه وتعالى did not appoint for us (Ahlul Bayt عليه السلام) any share in the share of charity. Allah سبحانه وتعالى honored His Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and honored us by keeping us away from being fed from the filth of what is in the people's hands.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 163
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 341