3-146 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted Yaqoob ibn Yazid, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Abi Samak, on the authority of Ali ibn Shahab ibn Abdeh Rab’beh, on the authority of his father that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said,

“There are three donors: God - the Lord of the Two Worlds: those who own the property given for charity; and those who act as mediators for charity.”