قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تُعْتِقَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ نَسَمَةً قُلْتُ لَا يَحْتَمِلُ مَالِي ذَلِكَ قَالَ تُطْعِمُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مُسْلِماً فَقُلْتُ مُوسِراً أَوْ مُعْسِراً قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمُوسِرَ قَدْ يَشْتَهِي الطَّعَامَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Al Hakam, from Sadeyr Al Sayrafi who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘What prevents you from freeing a person every day?’ I said, ‘My wealth cannot bear that’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Feeding a Muslim every day?’ So I said, ‘Rich or poor?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The rich (also) tend to desire the food’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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