Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Charity for Descendents of al-Hashim and the People of Their Household (Servants) and Compensation to Them 6ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠ِيعاً عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ عَائِذٍ عَنْ أَبِي خَدِيجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ أَعْطُوا الزَّكَاةَ ٠ٍ فَإِنَّهَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ٠ُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَالإِ٠ِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَالأَئِ٠َّةِ صَلَوَاتُ الله عَلَيْهِ٠6.

Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu’alla ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Washsha’ from Ahmad ibn ‘A'idh from abu Khadijah from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who said, ‘You can pay Zakat to whoever wants it from Banu Hashim because it is lawful for them.

It is unlawful only for the Prophet (sw) and for the Imam after him, and for the Imams, may the blessings of Allah be upon them all.’ ختلف فيه - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/191))