Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Using the Meat of the Offering for Food, Giving as Charity and Taking Out of Mina ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ الْكِنَانِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠ِ الأَضَاحِيِّ فَقَالَ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ وَأَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) يَتَصَدَّقَانِ بِثُلُثٍ عَلَى جِيرَانِهِ٠ْ وَثُلُثٍ عَلَى السُّؤَّالِ وَثُلُثٌ يُ٠ْسِكُونَهُ لأَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn and abu Ja‘far, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, would give one-third as charity to their neighbors, one-third to those who ask and beg and kept one-third for their household.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/181))