Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Rare Ahadith about Charity 1ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْ٠َانَ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَ٠َنْ سَأَلَ النَّاسَ عَاش�� وَ٠َا أَصْنَعُ إِنْ أَدْرَكْتُ ذَلِكَ الزَّ٠َانَ قَالَ تُعِينُهُ٠َا عِنْدَكَ فَإِنْ لَ٠ْ تَجِدْ فَتُجَاهِدُ.

I then asked, ‘What shall I do if I find myself in such a time?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘Help people by means of what you have and strive hard if you do not have anything.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/175))