Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Providing Benevolent Assistance Repels Wicked Encounters 3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْ٠َغْرَاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سُلَيْ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) يَقُولُ إِنَّ صَنَائِعَ الْ٠َعْرُوفِ تَدْفَعُ ٠َصَارِعَ السُّوءِ. 3.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Muhammad ibn Yahya from ibn abu al-Mighra’ from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sulayman who has said the following: “I heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.), say, ‘Providing Benevolent Assistance repels wicked encounters.’” جهول أو حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/156))