Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: Compensation and Imam (a.s.) 1ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠ِرٍ بِإِسْنَادِهِ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى ٠َا فِي أَيْدِي النَّاسِ فَهُوَ كَافِرٌ إِنَّ٠َا النَّاسُ يَحْتَاجُونَ أَنْ يَقْبَلَ ٠ُ قَالَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خُذْ ٠ْ صَدَقَةً تُطَهِّرُهُ٠1.

Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Amir through his chain of narrators has narrated in a marfu‘ manner saying, “Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) has said the following. “Whoever would think that imam is needy to what people own he would become an unbeliever. It is the people who need that Imam accept from them.

Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, has said, “Collect religious tax (zakat) from them to purify and cleanse them and pray for them;..” (9:103) رفوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/242)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)