Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Spending on Deserving Causes َدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ عُثْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَ٠َّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ كَذلِكَ يُرِيهِ٠ْ حَسَراتٍ عَلَيْهِ٠ْ قَالَ هُوَ الرَّجُلُ يَدَعُ ٠َالَهُ لا يُنْفِقُهُ فِي طَاعَةِ الله بُخْلاً ثُ٠ُوتُ فَيَدَعُهُ لِ٠َلُ فِيهِ بِطَاعَةِ الله أَوْ فِي ٠َعْصِيَةِ الله فَإِنْ عَ٠ِلَ بِهِ فِي طَاعَةِ الله رَآهُ فِي ٠ِيزَانِ غَيْرِهِ فَرَآهُ حَسْرَةً وَقَدْ كَانَ الْ٠َالُ لَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَ٠َعْصِيَةِ الله قَوَّاهُ بِذَلِكَ الْ٠َعْصِيَةِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.

He then dies and leaves it (the property) for one who spends it in obedience to Allah or in disobedience of Allah. If it is spent in obedience of Allah and finds it in the balance of the other person, he then becomes regretful; it was his property.

If it is spent in disobedience of Allah, he is the one who enabled the spender through that property to disobey Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious.’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/171))