Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Disciplines for Providing Benevolent Assistance ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َّدٍ الأَشْعَرِيِّ عَ٠ِعَ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) يَقُولُ لا تَبْذُلْ لإِخْوَانِكَ ٠َا ضَرُّهُ عَلَيْكَ أَكْثَرُ ٠َنْفَعَتِهِ لَهُ٠2.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from his father from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Ash’ariy from those who had heard who has said the following: “Abu al-Hassan, Musa (a.s.), has said, ‘You must not provide the kind of Benevolent Assistance to your brothers (in belief), which is more harmful to you than its being beneficial to him.” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/160))