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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 قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «لَوْ يَعْلَمُ اَلسَّائِلُ مَا فِي اَلْمَسْأَلَةِ مَا سَأَلَ أَحَدٌ أَحَداً وَ لَوْ يَعْلَمُ اَلْمُعْطِي مَا فِي اَلْعَطِيَّةِ مَا رَدَّ أَحَدٌ أَحَداً».

Imam Abu Ja'far (a.s) said: "If the one who asks knew what [burden] lies in asking, no one would ask another for anything; and if the giver knew what [reward] lies in giving, no one would refuse anyone."

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