Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Undesirability of Turning Away One Asking for Help ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ غَالِبٍ الأَسَدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْ٠ُسَيَّبِ قَالَ حَضَرْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِ٠اً حِينَ صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ فَإِذَا سَائِلٌ بِالْبَابِ فَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِ٠) أَعْطُوا السَّائِلَ وَلا تَرُدُّوا سَائِلاً.

At that time, someone asking for help appeared at the door and Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.), said, ‘Give something as charity to one who asks for help and do not turn away such people empty- handed.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/143))