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Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Book of Zakat

Chapter on the Virtue of Charity

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وَ سُئِلَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلسَّائِلِ يَسْأَلُ وَ لاَ يُدْرَى مَا هُوَ فَقَالَ «أَعْطِ مَنْ وَقَعَتْ فِي قَلْبِكَ اَلرَّحْمَةُ لَهُ» وَ قَالَ «أَعْطِهِ دُونَ اَلدِّرْهَمِ» قُلْتُ أَكْثَرُ مَا يُعْطَى قَالَ «أَرْبَعَةُ دَوَانِيقَ ».

Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) was asked about a beggar who asks without it being known what their true condition is. Imam (a.s) said: "Give to the one for whom your heart feels mercy." Imam (a.s) also said: "Give him less than a dirham." I asked, "What is the most that can be given?" Imam (a.s) replied: "Four daniqs."

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