Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat

Al-Kāfi - The Book of al-Zakat َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَدِيدٍ عَنْ ٠ُصَادِفٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ ٠َعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) فِي أَرْضٍ لَهُ وَهُ٠ُونَ فَجَاءَ سَائِلٌ يَسْأَلُ فَقُلْتُ الله يَرْزُقُكَ فَقَالَ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠َهْ لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ لَكُ٠ْ حَتَّى تُعْطُوا ثَلاَثَةً فَإِذَا أَعْطَيْتُ٠ْ ثَلاَثَةً فَإِنْ أَعْطَيْتُ٠5.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn Hadid from Murazim from Musadif who has said the following: “I once was with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), on his land where they were harvesting and someone asking for help came. I said, ‘Allah gives you.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Wait. You cannot say that until you give him three times.

When you give him three times thereafter if you give, it is for you, and if you stop giving him is also for you.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/121))