5-46 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted Muhammad ibn Ahmad, on the authority of Abi Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Hashim, on the authority of Abi Talib Abdullah ibn al-Salt al-Qumi, on the authority of some companions who linked it up to Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB),

“Five people should not be given alms as follows: one’s offspring; one’s parents; one’s wife and one’s servant, since one must pay for their expenses anyways.”