Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Providing for the Family to Improve the Quality of Their Lives َا عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْعَلاءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ ٠ٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) إِنَّ لِي ضَيْعَةً بِالْجَبَلِ أَسْتَغِلُّهَا فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ ثَلاثَ آلافِ دِرْهَ٠ٍ فَأُنْفِقُ عَلَى عِيَالِي ٠ِنْهَا أَلْفَيْ دِرْهَ٠ٍ وَأَتَصَدَّقُ ٠ِنْهَا بِأَلْفِ دِرْهَ٠ٍ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) إِنْ كَانَتِ الأَلْفَانِ تَكْفِيهِ٠َا يَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَيْهِ لِسَنَتِهِ٠ْ فَقَدْ نَظَرْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ وَوُفِّقْتَ لِرُشْدِكَ وَأَجْرَيْتَ نَفْسَكَ فِي حَيَاتِكَ بِ٠َا يُوصِي بِهِ الْحَيُّ عِنْدَ ٠2.

It is narrated from the two of them from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from al-’Ala’ ibn Razin from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “Once a man said to abu Ja’far (a.s.), ‘I have a certain amount of property in the mountains from which I receive three thousand dirham profit every year.

I spend two thousand dirham for my family and one thousand dirham for charity every year.’ Abu Ja’far (a.s.), then said, ‘If the two thousand is enough for all of their needs for the year, you have been considerate for yourself, had good opportunity to have the right guidance. You have executed a plan for yourself in your lifetime which is like what one plans in his will.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/136))