And from him, from Ahmad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Faddal, from his father, from Abdullah ibn Bukayr, from some of his companions, from one of the two Imams عليه السلام, peace be upon them:
(Imam
عليه السلام was asked) regarding the saying of Allah
سبحانه وتعالى, Exalted is He
سبحانه وتعالى: ‘And know that whatever thing you gain, then indeed for Allah
سبحانه وتعالى is its fifth, and for the Messenger
صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, and for the near relative, and the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer.’ (Surah Al-Anfal
8:41) Imam
عليه السلام said: "The fifth of Allah
سبحانه وتعالى and the fifth of the Messenger
صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم are for the Imam
عليه السلام, And the fifth of ‘near relative’ is for the relatives of Messenger
صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and the Imam
عليه السلام, And the ‘orphans’ are the orphans of the family of the Messenger
صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, And the ‘needy’ are from them, and the ‘wayfarers’ are from them, so it is not taken out from them to others."