Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

5ـ سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَ٠ِيدِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ بْنِ السِّنْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ قَرْضُ الْ٠َةٌ وَتَعْجِيلُ خَيْرٍ إِنْ أَيْسَرَ أَدَّاهُ وَإِنْ ٠5.

Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-FIamid from Ibrahim al-Sindiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that providing a loan for a believing person is an (important) gain and a good deed if done quickly. If he becomes financially capable, he repays, but if he dies, the provider of loan can count it as payment for zakat.” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/163))