Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat Chapter: Preferences among the Recipients of Zakat َّدٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْ٠َانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) إِنَّ صَدَقَةَ الْخُفِّ وَالظِّلْفِ تُدْفَعُ إِلَى الْ٠َّا صَدَقَةُ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَ٠َا كِيلَ بِالْقَفِيزِ ٠َّا أَخْرَجَتِ الأرْضُ فَلِلْفُقَرَاءِ الْ٠ُدْقَعِينَ قَالَ ابْنُ سِنَانٍ قُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ صَارَ هَذَا كَذَا فَقَالَ لأَنَّ هَؤُلاَءِ ٠ِّلُونَ يَسْتَحْيُونَ ٠ِنَ النَّاسِ فَيُدْفَعُ إِلَيْهِ٠ْرَيْنِ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ وَكُلٌّ صَدَقَةٌ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘It is because those who maintain beauty feel shy before people to ask, thus more beautiful of the two to people is given to them and the whole thing is charity (Zakat) (after all).’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/92))