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Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Book of Zakat

Chapter on the Man Who Feels Shy to Take Zakat and is Given in Another Form

1479. hadíth

رَوَى عَاصِمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ اَلرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا يَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ فَأُعْطِيهِ مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ وَ لاَ أُسَمِّي لَهُ أَنَّهَا مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ فَقَالَ «أَعْطِهِ وَ لاَ تُسَمِّ لَهُ وَ لاَ تُذِلَّ اَلْمُؤْمِنَ ».

Asim ibn Humayd reported from Abu Basir, who said: I said to Abu Ja’far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (a.s) "A man from among our companions feels embarrassed to take from Zakat. Can I give it to him without telling him that it is from Zakat?" The Imam (a.s) replied: "Give it to him without mentioning that it is Zakat, and do not humiliate the believer."

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