13حق الصدقة وَأَمَّا حَقُّ الصَّدَقَةِ فَأَنْ تَعْلَمَ...

The Right of the Offering The right of the offering ( hady )[^2] is that through it you desire God and you not desire His creation; through it you desire only the exposure of your soul to God's mercy and the deliverance of your spirit on the day you encounter Him.. حق الهدي وحق الهدي أن تريد به الله عز وجل ولا تريد به خلقه ولا تريد به إلا التعرض لرحمة الله ونجاة روحك يوم تلقاه.

[^1]: It is related in most of the sources concerning Zayn al-‘Abidin that people considered him stingy during his lifetime. But at his death, provisions which used to be delivered at the doorsteps of many of the poor of Medina by a man with a covered face suddenly stopped appearing, and people realized that he had been giving alms in secret. Cf. Madelung, ‘`Ali ebn al-Hosayn`, p. 850. [^2]: i.e. the animal sacrificed during the hajj. Previous…