حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن موسى بن الحسن، عن محمد بن عبد الحميد، عن سيف بن عميرة، عن منصور بن حازم، قال: حدثني عبد المؤمن ابن القاسم الأنصاري، قال: حدثنا أبو جعفر عليه السلام أن رجلا أتى النبي صلى الله عليه وآله فقال: هلكت، هلكت، فقال: وما أهلكك؟ قال: أتيت امرأتي في شهر رمضان وأنا صائم، فقال له النبي: أعتق رقبة. فقال: لا أجد، قال: فصم شهرين متتابعين، فقال: لا أطيق، فقال تصدق على ستين مسكينا، قال: لا أجد، قال: فأتي النبي صلى الله عليه وآله بعرق أو مكتل فيه خمسة عشر صاعا من تمر. فقال له النبي صلى الله عليه وآله: خذها وتصدق بها، فقال: والذي بعثك بالحق نبيا ما بين لابتيها أهل بيت أحوج إليه منا، فقال: خذه وكله أنت وأهلك فإنه كفارة لك.
1. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Musa bin Hasan, from Muhammed bin Abdul-Hameed, from Saif bin ‘Umayra, from Mansur bin Hazem, that he said: I was told by Abdul-Mo’min ibn Qasem al-Ansari, that he said: We were told by Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, that a man came to the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, and he said: I am to perish! I am to perish! So he said: And what will cause you to perish? He said: I (sexually) approached my woman during the Month of Ramadhan whilst I was fasting. The Prophet then said to him: Liberate a neck (in captivity). He said: I cannot find. He said: Then fast for two consecutive months. He said: I cannot handle. He said: Give charity to sixty needy ones. He said: I cannot find (affordability). He said: Then the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, was given ‘irq or mukattal in which there were fifteen saa’ [1] of dates. The Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, then said: Take it and give it as charity. He said: By He who sent you with the truth as a Prophet, between its two laba’s, there is no household more in need of it than us. So he said: Take it and eat it, you and your family, for indeed, it is an expiation to you.