Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat Chapter: The Obligation of al-Zakat (charity) and Necessary Payments from Properties 17ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَإِنْ تُخْفُوها وَتُؤْتُوهَا الْفُقَراءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُ٠ْ فَقَالَ هِيَ سِوَى الزَّكَاةِ إِنَّ الزَّكَاةَ عَلاَنِيَةٌ غَيْرُ سِرٍّ.

If you pay it privately to the needy, it is better for you....’ (2:273), has said, ‘This payment is a payment other than compulsory zakat which is paid publicly and not privately.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/12))