Al-Kāfi 4, narration 93

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Benevolent Assistance (Optional Charity as Opposed to Compulsory Ones)

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Arabic text

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْخَالِقِ الْجُعْفِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) إِنَّ مِنْ بَقَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَبَقَاءِ الإِسْلامِ أَنْ تَصِيرَ الأَمْوَالُ عِنْدَ مَنْ يَعْرِفُ فِيهَا الْحَقَّ وَيَصْنَعُ فِيهَا الْمَعْرُوفَ فَإِنَّ مِنْ فَنَاءِ الإِسْلامِ وَفَنَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَنْ تَصِيرَ الأَمْوَالُ فِي أَيْدِي مَنْ لا يَعْرِفُ فِيهَا الْحَقَّ وَلا يَصْنَعُ فِيهَا الْمَعْرُوفَ.

Translation

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz from Isma‘il ibn ‘Abdul Khaliq al-Ju’fiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that one of the elements that preserve the Muslims and Islam is when wealth goes to those who understand that there are payable dues on wealth and who make Benevolent Assistance part of their normal practice. One of the destructive elements to Islam and the Muslims is when wealth goes to those who do not acknowledge the existence of any rights due on wealth and who do not make Benevolent Assistance part of their normal practice.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    حسن

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/152)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    صحيح

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 47

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