Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Providing for the Family to Improve the Quality of Their Lives 10ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَ٠ِيرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِ٠) لأَنْ أَدْخُلَ السُّوقَ وَ٠ُ أَبْتَاعُ بِهِ لِعِيَالِي لَحْ٠ُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ ٠ِنْ أَنْ أُعْتِقَ نَسَ٠10.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Sayf ibn ‘Amirah from abu Hamzah who has said the following: “Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.), has said, ‘I love going to the market to buy meat for my family who strongly desire it, more than setting free an enslaved soul.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/138))