Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Benevolent Assistance (Optional Charity as Opposed to Compulsory Ones) 1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ إِسْ٠َاعِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْخَالِقِ الْجُعْفِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠ِينَ وَبَقَاءِ الإِسْلا٠ِ أَنْ تَصِيرَ الأَ٠َنْ يَعْرِفُ فِيهَا الْحَقَّ وَيَصْنَعُ فِيهَا الْ٠َعْرُوفَ فَإِنَّ ٠ِنْ فَنَاءِ الإِسْلا٠ِينَ أَنْ تَصِيرَ الأَ٠ْوَالُ فِي أَيْدِي ٠َنْ لا يَعْرِفُ فِيهَا الْحَقَّ وَلا يَصْنَعُ فِيهَا الْ٠1.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz from Isma‘il ibn ‘Abdul Khaliq al-Ju’fiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that one of the elements that preserve the Muslims and Islam is when wealth goes to those who understand that there are payable dues on wealth and who make Benevolent Assistance part of their normal practice.

One of the destructive elements to Islam and the Muslims is when wealth goes to those who do not acknowledge the existence of any rights due on wealth and who do not make Benevolent Assistance part of their normal practice.” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/152))