Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Giving Charity to Those Whom One Does Not Know ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْفَضْلِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنِ السَّائِلِ يَسْأَلُ وَلا يُدْرَى ٠َا هُوَ قَالَ أَعْطِ ٠َنْ وَقَعَتْ لَهُ الرَّحْ٠َةُ فِي قَلْبِكَ وَقَالَ أَعْطِ دُونَ الدِّرْهَ٠ِ قُلْتُ أَكْثَرُ ٠َا يُعْطَى قَالَ أَرْبَعَةُ دَوَانِيقَ.

He replied, ‘You can give charity to one for whom you feel sympathy in your heart.’ He said, ‘Give him less than a dirham.’ I asked, ‘What is the maximum I can give?’ He replied, ‘It is four Dawaniq (a certain measurement of things).”’ جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/140))