Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Providing for the Family to Improve the Quality of Their Lives ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَأَحْ٠ِيعاً عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َالِكِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَ٠َالِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِ٠) قَالَ أَرْضَاكُ٠ْ عِنْدَ الله أَسْبَغُكُ٠ْ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ. 1.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Malik ibn ‘Atiyyah from abu Hamzah al-Thumaliy who has said the following: “Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.), has said, ’Of the people among you with whom Allah is most happy, is the one who improves the quality of life of his family the most.” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/136))