Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat Chapter: Minimum and Maximum Amount of Zakat Payable to a Needy Person 2ـ وَعَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْ٠َلِكِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أُعْطِي الرَّجُلَ ٠ِنَ الزَّكَاةِ ثَ٠ْ وَزِدْهُ قُلْتُ أُعْطِيهِ ٠ِائَةً قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ وَأَغْنِهِ إِنْ قَدَرْتَ أَنْ تُغْنِيَهُ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, and increase it.’ I then asked, ‘Can one hundred dirham be given as Zakat to someone?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, you can make him rich if you can do so.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/87))