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(Qur’an, Surah Hadid 57:11) The Imam said: It is revealed about doing favor to the Imam.[^3] And through the author’s own chain of narrators it is narrated from Hasan bin Miyah from his father that he said: His Eminence, Abu Abdullah Imam Sadiq (as) said to me: O Miyah, one dirham spent in doing favor to the Imam is heavier than Mt. Uhad.

[^4] In the same book, it is narrated from His Eminence, Abu Abdullah Imam Sadiq (as) that he said: One dirham spent in doing favor to the Imam is better than two million dirhams spent in other charitable deeds.[^5] And in a correct tradition from His Eminence, Abu Abdullah Imam Sadiq (as) it is mentioned with regard to the following verse: وَالَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ مَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِهِ أَنْ يُوصَلَ And those who join that which Allah has bidden to be joined.

(Qur’an, Surah Raad 13:21) The Imam said: It was revealed with regard to the relationship of Aale Muhammad (as) and it is also about your relatives. Then he said: Do not be of those who take only one meaning.[^6] In a reliable traditional report it is narrated from His Eminence (aj) that he said: I take one dirham from one of you while I am one of the richest man of Medina, the sole aim of this is that you may be purified.

In the same book it is narrated from His Eminence, Abu Abdullah Imam Sadiq (as) that he said: One who thinks that the Imam is in need of what he takes from the people, is an infidel, it is not except that the people are needful that the Imam accepts from them. Allah, the Mighty and Sublime says: خُذْ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ صَدَقَةً تُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُزَكِّيهِمْ بِهَا وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ Take alms out of their property, you would cleanse them and purify them thereby.

(9:103) In Man Laa Yahzarul Faqih it is mentioned in the Chapter of doing good to Imam (as) that Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) was asked regarding the following verse: مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا Who is there that will offer to Allah a good loan…(2:245) He (as) said: It is with reference to kindness to the Imam. He also said: One dirham spent as kindness to the Imam is better than a million dirhams spent in some other charitable act.

In the same book it is mentioned in the Chapter of the virtues of Hajj: One dirham spent in Hajj expenses is better than a million dirhams spent in some other good way, one dirham that reaches the Imam is equal to spending a million dirhams in Hajj expenses.

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