Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Giving Charity to Bedouins and People Who Live in Desolate Areas َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الْحَكَ٠ِسْكِينٍ عَنْ عَ٠ْرِو بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) إِنَّ أَهْلَ السَّوَادِ يَقْتَحِ٠ُونَ عَلَيْنَا وَفِيهِ٠ُ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى وَالْ٠َجُوسُ فَنَتَصَدَّقُ عَلَيْهِ٠3.

Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali from al-Hakam ibn Miskin from ‘Amr ibn abu Nasr who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘People who live in wilderness come to us. Among them are Jews, Christian and Zoroastrians. Can we give them charity?’ The Imam replied, ‘Yes.' ل الضعف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/141))