Al-Kāfi

1ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ قَالَ دَفَعَ إِلَيَّ شِهَابُ بْنُ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ دَرَاهِمَ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ أَقْسِمُهَا فَأَتَيْتُهُ يَوْماً فَسَأَلَنِي هَلْ قَسَمْتَهَا فَقُلْتُ لا فَأَسْمَعَنِي كَلاماً فِيهِ بَعْضُ الْغِلْظَةِ فَطَرَحْتُ مَا كَانَ بَقِيَ مَعِي مِنَ الدَّرَاهِمِ وَقُمْتُ مُغْضَباً فَقَالَ لِيَ ارْجِعْ حَتَّى أُحَدِّثَكَ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ (عَلَيْهِما السَّلاَم) فَرَجَعْتُ فَقَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) إِنِّي إِذَا وَجَدْتُ زَكَاتِي أَخْرَجْتُهَا فَأَدْفَعُ مِنْهَا إِلَى مَنْ أَثِقُ بِهِ يَقْسِمُهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ لا بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ أَحَدُ الْمُعْطِينَ قَالَ صَالِحٌ فَأَخَذْتُ الدَّرَاهِمَ حَيْثُ سَمِعْتُ الْحَدِيثَ فَقَسَمْتُهَا.

1. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Salih ibn Razin who has said the following: “Shihab ibn ‘ Abd Rabbihi gave to me a certain amount of dirhams of zakat to distribute among the needy. One day I visited him, and he asked, ‘Did you distribute them?’ I said, ‘No, I have not done so.’ He said something that I did not like. I then threw to him what still was not distributed and got up to leave. He said, ‘Come back and allow me to tell you about something that I heard from Ja’far ibn Muhammad (a.s.).’ I returned and he said to me, ‘I asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), “Can I give the amount of zakat I owe to someone I trust so he can distribute among the needy?” He (the Imam) replied, ‘It is just fine. He receives a reward like the donors of charity. Salih has said, “I then took the dirhams back after hearing the Hadith, and distributed them (among the needy).”’”

2ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي نَهْشَلٍ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ لَوْ جَرَى الْمَعْرُوفُ عَلَى ثَمَانِينَ كَفّاً لأُجِرُوا كُلُّهُمْ فِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُنْقَصَ صَاحِبُهُ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ شَيْئاً.

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from his father from abu Nahshal from those whom he has mentioned who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that even if a virtuous matter passes through eighty hands, all of them earn a reward without any reduction in the reward of the initiator of such a virtuous matter.”

3ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) فِي الرَّجُلِ يُعْطَى الدَّرَاهِمَ يَقْسِمُهَا قَالَ يَجْرِي لَهُ مَا يَجْرِي لِلْمُعْطِي وَلا يُنْقَصُ الْمُعْطِي مِنْ أَجْرِهِ شَيْئاً.

3. Muhammad ibn Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadan Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Jamil ibn Darraj who has said the following: “About a man who gives a certain amount of dirhams to someone to distribute among the needy, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘What applies to the donor also applies to him without any reduction in the reward of the donor.’”