Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Virtue of Serving Food ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَ٠ْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) يَقُولُ إِنَّا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ أُ٠ِرْنَا أَنْ نُطْعِ٠َ وَنُؤَدِّيَ فِي النَّاسِ الْبَائِنَةَ وَنُصَلِّيَ إِذَا نَا٠4.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from Muhammad ibn Ali from al-Hassan ibn Ali from Sayf ibn ‘Amirah from ‘Umar ibn Shamir from Jabir who has said the following: “Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said, ‘Ali (a.s.), would say, “We are a family who are commanded (by Allah) to serve food, send gifts to people and perform Salat (prayer) when people are sleeping.’”” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/181))