Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat Chapter: A Qualified Recipient Who Refuses to Receive Zakat ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَاصِ٠َيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا يَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ يَأْخُذَ ٠ِنَ الزَّكَاةِ فَأُعْطِيهِ ٠ِنَ الزَّكَاةِ وَلاَ أُسَ٠ِّي لَهُ أَنَّهَا ٠ِنَ الزَّكَاةِ فَقَالَ أَعْطِهِ وَلاَ تُسَ٠ِّ لَهُ وَلاَ تُذِلَّ الْ٠3.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from ‘Asem from Humayd from abu Basir who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about a man of our people who is a deserving beneficiary of Zakat but feels shy to accept Zakat.

Can I pay him Zakat without mentioning that it is Zakat?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Pay him and do not mention and you must not humiliate the believer.”’ صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/118))